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My Brother's Husband: Volume I, Hardback Book

My Brother's Husband: Volume I Hardback

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One of Amazon.com's Top 10 Graphic Novels of the year'[My Brother's Husband] arrives in the UK garlanded with praise from, among others, Alison Bechdel.

It's not hard to see why. Not only is it very touching; it's also, for the non-Japanese reader, unexpectedly fascinating' Rachel Cooke, Observer, Graphic Novel of the Month'When a cuddly Canadian comes to call, Yaichi - a single Japanese dad - is forced to confront his painful past.

With his young daughter Kana leading the way, he gradually rethinks his assumptions about what makes a family.

Renowned manga artist Gengoroh Tagame turns his stunning draftsmanship to a story very different from his customary fare, to delightful and heartwarming effect' Alison Bechdel, author of Fun HomeYaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo; formerly married to Natsuki, father to their young daughter, Kana.

Their lives suddenly change with the arrival at their doorstep of a hulking, affable Canadian named Mike Flanagan, who declares himself the widower of Yaichi's estranged gay twin, Ryoji.

Mike is on a quest to explore Ryoji's past, and the family reluctantly but dutifully takes him in.

What follows is an unprecedented and heartbreaking look at the state of a largely still-closeted Japanese gay culture: how it's been affected by the West, and how the next generation can change the preconceptions about it and prejudices against it.

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