{"product_id":"spent-alison-bechdel-9798228469570","title":"Spent: A Comic Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe celebrated and beloved New York Times bestselling author of the modern classic Fun Home presents a laugh-out-loud, brilliant, and passionately political work of autofiction, adapted for audio by the author herself and brought to life with a full cast\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Alison Bechdel's 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, Alison's 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. It's 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 Bechdel's beloved comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the TV show Death and Taxidermy racks up Emmy after Emmy--and when Alison's Pauline Bunyanesque partner Holly posts an instructional wood-chopping video that goes viral--Alison's own envy spirals. Why couldn't she be the writer for a critically lauded and wildly popular reality TV show...like Queer Eye...showing people how to free themselves from consumer capitalism and live a more ethical life?!!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced with immersive sound effects and music, Spent's rollicking and masterful denouement--making the case for seizing what's true about life in the world at this moment, before it's too late--once again proves that \"nobody does it better\" (New York Times Book Review) than the real Alison Bechdel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alison Bechdel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798228469570\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e CD","brand":"Alison Bechdel","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46881200505087,"sku":"9798228469570","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b612176d-c186-4790-bf69-75ad550668a2.jpg?v=1747970968","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spent-alison-bechdel-9798228469570","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}