Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations (Graphic-Novel) [B1943]

2020 PB Graphic Novel in nice clean condition. NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A "beautiful and eye-opening" (Jacqueline Woodson), "hilarious and heart-rending" (Celeste Ng) graphic memoir about American identity, interracial families, and the realities that divide us, from the acclaimed author of The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing. ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Chicago Tribune, The New York Public Library, Publishers Weekly. LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/OPEN BOOK AWARD.

"How brown is too brown?" "Can Indians be racist?" "What does real love between really different people look like?" Like many six-year-olds, Mira Jacob's half-Jewish, half-Indian son, Z, has questions about everything. At first they are innocuous enough, but as tensions from the 2016 election spread from the media into his own family, they become much, much more complicated. Trying to answer him honestly, Mira has to think back to where she's gotten her own answers: her most formative conversations about race, color, sexuality, and, of course, love. Written with humor and vulnerability, this deeply relatable graphic memoir is a love letter to the art of conversation-and to the hope that hovers in our most difficult questions. "Jacob's earnest recollections are often heartbreaking, but also infused with levity and humor. What stands out most is the fierce compassion with which she parses the complexities of family and love."-Time. "Good Talk uses a masterful mix of pictures and words to speak on life's most uncomfortable conversations."-io9. "Mira Jacob just made me toss everything I thought was possible in a book-as-art-object into the garbage. Her new book changes everything."-Kiese Laymon, New York Times bestselling author of Heavy.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "It was powerful, especially in light of our current political situation. It was actually nice to remember what it was like to canvas and believe in Obama to lead our country. Her son is now 18 and dealing with a second trump presidency. I look forward to further discussions about this book; lots to unpack in a really cool way; also appreciated the humor as well as difficulty of many of the topics explored throughout the book. Always more complicated when children are at the heart of our lives. Loved the ending about hope...and I hope Mira is still feeling that!"; "It's *super* fascinating to read this book, published in 2019 and centered on modern politics in 2016, leading up to Donald Trump's first presidency, while we are trapped in his second term in 2026. Tragically, not much has changed in 10 years. What does it mean to have loved ones who vote for someone who is so against you being a woman and a person of color? How do you raise children knowing the world may reject them based on their skin tone? Jacob is blunt and funny, never shying away from her own internalized colorism or racism - and what makes us human."; "This was incredible. I'm not a graphic novel person, and I'd never read a graphic memoir. I'm happy this was my first. I laughed out loud. I'm crying now. It's 1000% as pertinent now as it was when published in 2018. If you're at all interested in the political landscape of the US now (since 2016 really, with an all too brief reprieve in 2020), this is a must-read."