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Sep 06, 2016TheresaAJ rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Spiegelman, the daughter of Maus creator Art Spiegelman and New Yorker Art director Francoise Mouly, explores the relationships between mothers and daughters in this memoir. Eager to know more about her mother's family, she interviews both her mother and grandmother Josee in search of the truth. What she encounters instead are wildly different versions of family history about Francoise, Josee, Mina, and Melanie, the previous four generations of her maternal line. The result is a highly personal memoir and proof that you can love others despite their flaws and past histories. The reader also gets a glimpse of French culture not designed for "les touristes".