Observant readers of our blog know that I am not a great consumer of graphic lit. In the case of Good Talk, however, I found the marriage of text, image, and concept so perfectly melded that I barely noticed the genre. (Yes, for me, this is a good thing.) Mira is East-Indian-American, and she and her Jewish-American husband Jed have a 6-year-old son Z, whose questions: Was Michael Jackson brown or was he white? Was Daddy always white? Are white people afraid of brown people? frame her personal narrative. She grew up a minority in Albuquerque while handling the pressure to be a 'good' first-generation American daughter, moved to New York, and became a writer. I loved her reflections on the elections of 43,44, and 45, and the challenge of being in relationship with in-laws with political views opposite to her own. A perfect blend of the personal and the political; plus, Z is adorable and hilarious. Strongly recommended.
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