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NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Chicago Tribune ā¢ The New York Public Library ā¢ Publishers WeeklyĀ AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review ā¢Ā Time ā¢ BuzzFeed ā¢Ā Esquire ā¢Ā Library Journal ā¢ Kirkus Reviews
āHow brown is too brown?ā
āCan Indians be racist?ā
āWhat does real love between really different people look like?ā
Like many six-year-olds, Mira Jacobās half-Jewish, half-Indian son, Z, has questions aboutĀ 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 sheās gotten her own answers: her most formative conversations about race, color, sexuality, and, of course, love.Ā
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Written with humor and vulnerability, this deeply relatable graphic memoir is a love letter to the art of conversationāand to the hope that hovers in our most difficult questions.
LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/OPEN BOOK AWARD
āJacobās 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.āāTime
āGood TalkĀ uses a masterful mix of pictures and words to speak on lifeās most uncomfortable conversations.āāio9
āMira Jacob just made me toss everything I thought was possible in a book-as-art-object into the garbage. Her new book changes everything.āāKiese Laymon,Ā New York TimesĀ bestselling author ofĀ Heavy
This book title, Good Talk (A Memoir in Conversations) - 9780399589065, ISBN: 9780399589065, by Mira Jacob, published by Random House Publishing Group (March 24, 2020) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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