Meet Alison's father, a historic preservation expert and obsessive restorer of the family's Victorian home, a third-generation funeral home director, a high-school English teacher, an icily distant parent, and a closeted homosexual who, as it turns out, is involved with his male students and the family babysitter. When Alison comes out as homosexual herself in late adolescence, the denouement is swift, graphic, and redemptive.
This week's book is Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel and we'll not be meeting at The Fletcher Moss on William Street in Didsbury — contact us for details.