Good Talk

Mira Jacobs's impressive debut graphic memoir takes readers on a journey through her life as a first-generation American at an increasingly fraught time for immigrants and their families. In the book, Jacobs answers questions from her six-year-old son, Zakir, who asks if the new president hates brown boys like him; from her parents—who came to the United States from India after being arranged in an arranged marriage—about uncomfortable relationship advice; and from celebrities, including Madonna and Bill Murray, about imaginary therapy sessions. She also looks back on her own past, including how she felt when she was a fifth grader at a predominantly white school and the only nonwhite student to win the Daughters of the American Revolution essay contest.