The Secret of Superhuman Strength

"That touchingly human impulse is what the unclassifiable virtuoso of meaning Alison Bechdel explores in The Secret to Superhuman Strength ( public library ) — an uncommon beam of illumination, aimed at the depths of existence through the lens of the personal, that one and only lens we ever have on the universe."

"I’m among the weirdos who responded to the pandemic by upping my workouts, which made Alison Bechdel’s latest graphic novel feel unexpectedly timely. A lifelong fitness freak, who’s embraced everything from martial arts to mountaineering, Bechdel applies the same rigor to her analysis of her quest for a mind/body connection, which contains the sort of psychoanalytic layers, self-deprecating charm and ambitious complexities her fans have come to expect."

"captures the humility and wisdom that comes from inhabiting an aging body with great wit."