This dedication at the beginning provides the book a happy ending. But this dedication to her sister soothes the melancholy. It’s a melancholy work about family, childhood, play, depression, and the limits that exist between people. Lee Lai’s debut graphic novel Stone Fruit is dedicated to her sister. And then, as the years passed, as our tennis lessons stopped, as our family gatherings lessened, I wondered if what he’d really been providing was a warning. Something felt wrong about what my uncle had said. My parents would say, “We’re seeing grandma on Sunday.” And then I would see my grandma that Sunday. And I’d never considered whether or not I wanted to visit with family. I’d never heard this sentiment expressed before. If I didn’t want to spend time with, talk to, or care about someone, I should feel no guilt about that. He told me that family, like any other person we encounter in life, was optional. One day, driving home from the court, he told me I should never feel obligated toward family. I wasn’t very good, and it wasn’t my favorite sport - in part because I wasn’t very good - but it was nice to spend a day with my uncle who was more intellectual and more interested in art than anyone else in my family. Once a week, he started taking me to play tennis.
We had a brief period of closeness when I was about ten. I learned about the concept of chosen family from a heterosexual uncle I don’t talk to anymore. The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema.LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now.
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