In Alison Bechdels hilariously skewering and gloriously cast new comic novel confection, a cartoonist named Alison Bechdel, running a pygmy goat sanctuary in Vermont, is existentially irked by a climate-challenged world and a citizenry on the brink of civil war. She wonders: Can she pull humanity out of its death spiral by writing a scathingly self-critical memoir about her own greed and privilege? Meanwhile, Alisons first graphic memoir about growing up with her father, a taxidermist who specialized in replicas of Victorian animal displays, has been adapted into a highly successful TV series. Its a phenomenon that makes Alison, formerly on the cultural margins, the envy of her friend group (recognizable as characters, now middle-aged and living communally in Vermont, from Bechdels beloved comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For).As the TV show Death and Taxidermy racks up Emmy after Emmyand when Alisons Pauline Bunyanesque partner Holly posts an instructional wood-chopping video that goes viralAlisons own envy spirals. Why couldnt she be the writer for a critically lauded and wildly popular reality TV showlike Queer Eye…showing people how to free themselves from consumer capitalism and live a more ethical life?!!Spents rollicking and masterful denouementmaking the case for seizing whats true about life in the world at this moment, before its too lateonce again proves that nobody does it better (New York Times Book Review) than the real Alison Bechdel.

Language: English
Page Count: 272
Size (in inches): 6 x 9
Creator(s): Alison Bechdel
On-Sale Date: May 6, 2026