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• Fun Home

  a Family Tragicomic

  Bechdel, Alison, 1960-

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  In Bechdel's Fun Home, she reflects on her childhood in her family's funeral home, her own coming into her identity as a lesbian, and the revelation that her father is gay, all the while coping with his recent death.

• Persepolis

  Satrapi, Marjane, 1969-

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  A memoir in two parts, Persepolis tells us Satrapi's experiences from six to fourteen as she grew up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution

• They Called Us Enemy

  Takei, George, 1937-

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  They Call Us Enemy recounts Star Trek actor George Takei's childhood in Japanese internment camps during the second world war and asks its readers to consider the hard truths of legalized racism.

• Ducks

  Two Years in the Oil Sands

  Beaton, Kate, 1983-

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  Winner of CBC's Canada Reads 2023, in this graphic novel memoir Beaton takes readers on her journey from the east coast of Canada to the oil sands of Alberta where our idea of Canada as an unnending wealth of natural resources is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Spinning

  Walden, Tillie, 1996-

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  Spinning takes readers into the world of competitive figure skating and its resistance to its skaters stepping outside of tradition.

• I Was Their American Dream

  a Graphic Memoir

  Gharib, Malaka,

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  Gharib's graphic memoir is a "heartfelt tribute to the American immigrants who have invested their future in the promise of the American dream" and continues to feel relevant six years after its publication.

• The Fire Never Goes Out

  a Memoir in Pictures

  Stevenson, Noelle,

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  The Fire Never Goes Out combines the graphic novel memoir with a collection of mini self reflective essays of ND Stevenson's young adult life, telling the real story of his life in a way that is uniquely his.

• Rosalie Lightning

  a Graphic Memoir

  Hart, Tom, 1969-

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  Rosalie Lightning explores themes of child loss, as it recount's the authors struggle to find meaning in life after the untimely death of his daughter. It is told in various mediums and is truly a beautiful dedication to his daughter.

• Messy Roots

  a Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American

  Gao, Laura

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  Told in alternating timelines, Messy Roots follows a queer Chinese-American immigrant's move to Texas, her life there, and the shift it takes when Wuhan becomes a focal point in discourse around the beginning of the pandemic.

• Talking to Strangers

  a Memoir of My Escape From a Cult

  Boucher, Marianne,

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  Have you ever longed for a group of people who truly understood you? Marianne Boucher's memoir explores her struggles to fit in, her inauguration into a cult, and how she escaped from it.