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Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
by Mira Jacob
One of my favorite reads of the year so far!
Inspired by a series of conversations with her son, Jacob wrote a graphic memoir that explores her early childhood memories in one of the few South Asian families in Albuquerque, misadventures in dating and the beginnings of her relationship with her now-husband, and parenting in a multi-racial family.
My favorite thing about the book was how she captured the magic of kid imagination and the way her child conceptualized complex topics and the world around him. How in the same breath he could ask about Michael Jackson's missing glove, but also if he would one day turn white, too. How a kid with such prescient observations about the world still couldn't entirely grasp the format of knock-knock jokes.
I also loved her portrayal of her complex relationship with her conservative in-laws in the buildup to and aftermath of the 2016 election. Her final note to her son hit so hard: "I can't protect you from the simple fact that sometimes the people who love us will choose a world that doesn't."
Inspired by a series of conversations with her son, Jacob wrote a graphic memoir that explores her early childhood memories in one of the few South Asian families in Albuquerque, misadventures in dating and the beginnings of her relationship with her now-husband, and parenting in a multi-racial family.
My favorite thing about the book was how she captured the magic of kid imagination and the way her child conceptualized complex topics and the world around him. How in the same breath he could ask about Michael Jackson's missing glove, but also if he would one day turn white, too. How a kid with such prescient observations about the world still couldn't entirely grasp the format of knock-knock jokes.
I also loved her portrayal of her complex relationship with her conservative in-laws in the buildup to and aftermath of the 2016 election. Her final note to her son hit so hard: "I can't protect you from the simple fact that sometimes the people who love us will choose a world that doesn't."