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The Talk GN

(W/A) Darrin Bell
Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn't play with a white friend's realistic water gun. "She told me I'm a lot more likely to be shot by police than my friend was if they saw me with it, because police tend to think little Black boysXeven light-skinned onesXare older than they really are, and less innocent than they really are." Bell examines how "the talk" has shaped nearly every moment of his life into adulthood and fatherhood. Through evocative original illustrations, The Talk is a meditation on this coming-of-ageXas Bell becomes painfully aware of being regarded as dangerous by white teachers, neighbors, and strangers, and thus of his mortality. Bell takes us up to the very moment of reckoning when people took to the streets protesting the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and when he must have "the talk" with a six-year-old son of his own.
SC, 6x9, 352pgs, FC SRP: $23.99, MAR241702


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Publisher:	Henry Holt
Title/Issue:	The Talk GN
Retail Price:	$23.99
Release Date:	2024 May 22 (estimated)
DIAMOND:	MAR241702