The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel Hardback Book 9780224101905

A GUARDIAN OBSERVER AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOKS OF 2021 PICKA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2021From the bestselling awardwinning author of Fun Home comes this Christmass mustgift graphic novelAll her life Alison Bechdel has searched for an elusive secretThe secret to superhuman strengthShe has looked for it in her favourite books the lives of her heroes celibacy polyamory activism therapy and most obsessively in her lifelong passion for exercise Skiing running karate cycling yoga weightlifting you name it shes tried it quotOh to be selfsufficient Hard as a rock An islandquotBut as she gets older her body isnt getting any stronger And in a changing sometimes overwhelming world are quotcantaloupesized gunsquot all a person needs Maybe the allimportant secret is not where she expected to find it The Secret to Superhuman Strength practically glows with a beguiling mixture of intellect warmth and humour Daily TelegraphIn this her third graphic memoir Alison Bechdel has written a deeply layered personal story about selfhood selfsabotage mortality addiction bliss wonder and the concerns of a generation This is an extraordinary laughoutloud chronicle of the conundrums we all grapple...