And Now I Spill the Family Secrets

<p><strong>Named one of Publishers Weekly's Best of 2021 List in Comics.</strong></p><p><strong>2021 Top of the List Graphic Novel Pick</strong></p><p><strong>In the spirit of Alison Bechdel's <em>Fun Home </em>and Roz Chast's <em>Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?</em> Margaret Kimball's AND NOW I SPILL THE FAMILY SECRETS begins in the aftermath of a tragedy.</strong> </p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p>