Description
Named one of Publishers Weekly's Best of 2021 List in Comics.
?2021 Top of the List Graphic Novel Pick
In the spirit of Alison Bechdel's Fun Home and Roz Chast's Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, Margaret Kimball's AND NOW I SPILL THE FAMILY SECRETS begins in the aftermath of a tragedy.
In 1988, when Kimball is only four years old, her mother attempts suicide on Mother's Day--and this becomes one of many things Kimball's family never speaks about. As she searches for answers nearly thirty years later, Kimball embarks on a thrilling visual journey into the secrets her family has kept for decades.
Using old diary entries, hospital records, home videos, and other archives, Margaret pieces together a narrative map of her childhood--her mother's bipolar disorder, her grandmother's institutionalization, and her brother's increasing struggles--in an attempt to understand what no one likes to talk about: the fractures in her family.
Both a coming-of-age story about family dysfunction and a reflection on mental health, AND NOW I SPILL THE FAMILY SECRETS is funny, poignant, and deeply inspiring in its portrayal of what drives a family apart and what keeps them together.
Author: Margaret Kimball
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 04/20/2021
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780063007444
ISBN10: 0063007444
BISAC Categories:
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Nonfiction | Biography & Memoir
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Family & Relationships | Dysfunctional Families