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Autobiographical manga about author's alcoholic father, rejecting unconditional forgiveness for family harm; inspired 2019 Japanese film.
Mariko Kikuchi tells the painful story of her father's alcoholism and her own journey through guilt to understanding her father's illness. She rejects the common belief that family members can and should be forgiven for anything they do, no matter how much harm they cause. This powerful, self-contained autobiographical manga began as a web series that went viral, and inspired a critically acclaimed 2019 film in Japan.
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic begins and ends here.
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- #12,287
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