The Last Time We Spoke: A Story of Loss by Mechanic, Jesse
The Last Time We Spoke: A Story of Loss by Mechanic, Jesse

The Last Time We Spoke: A Story of Loss

Starred Review from Publishers Weekly, "Such reflections will ring painfully familiar to anyone who has stumbled around...
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Author: Jesse Mechanic
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Language: English
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The Last Time We Spoke: A Story of Loss by Mechanic, Jesse

The Last Time We Spoke: A Story of Loss

$31.89
The Last Time We Spoke: A Story of Loss by Mechanic, Jesse

The Last Time We Spoke: A Story of Loss

$31.89
Author: Jesse Mechanic
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

Starred Review from Publishers Weekly, "Such reflections will ring painfully familiar to anyone who has stumbled around in the darkness of grief. This vulnerable graphic memoir cuts deep."

An emotional and heartbreaking memoir of the author's lifelong struggle with his mother's death from cancer.


Grief never goes away.


When he was a teenager, Jesse Mechanic's mother passed away after a long struggle with cancer. In this memoir, he looks back on that time, and on the ways that experience followed him throughout his life. Struggling with school while dealing with attentional problems and the overwhelming tsunami of grief, this book tells the story of Mechanic's slow work to figure out a life for himself. It's about obsessive-compulsive disorder, intrusive thoughts, and depression--straight-A's turning to straight F's, and smiles to blank stares. It's about what loss can teach us, and how trauma can be both debilitating and beautiful. It's about standing in dark rooms for long enough for your eyes to adjust.


And graffiti. It's about that too.


With powerful visuals and thoughtful, poignant text, this graphic memoir challenges readers to keep going in the face of the hardest times.



Author: Jesse Mechanic
Publisher: Street Noise Books
Published: 09/30/2025
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.83w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9781951491420


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/05/2025
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2025

About the Author

Jesse Mechanic is an opinion columnist, essayist, and artist. He has published work in Mother Jones, In These Times, HuffPost, Truthout, and other publications. Jesse enjoys woodworking, the television show Cheers, and working diligently to dismantle the various oppressive systems that define our world. The Last Time We Spoke is his debut graphic novel.


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