guest review by Greg Coles, Penn State University. gregcoles.com   Alison Bechdel, artist of the New York Times bestselling graphic memoir Fun Home, has created another masterpiece. In turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Bechdel’s new memoir Are You My Mother? tackles her relationship with her mother, intelligently exploring how that relationship has shaped Bechdel’s lifelong quest for intimacy. The narrative is sensitive but brutally honest, inviting us into Bechdel’s emotional struggle as she journeys from one home to another, one romantic relationship to another, one therapist to another. Past and present, dream and reality are seamlessly woven together as we visit… Read More