Otts reviewed It Won't Always Be Like This by Malaka Gharib
Summer visits to Egypt to hang with Dad and his new family
4 stars
Her second graphic memoir, it explores her Arabic and Muslim side. A bit more angsty given it was Gharib's teenaged years (and it was the 90s). I love her openness in relating messy family stuff, and cringe at the same insecurity I felt from wanting to fit in with dominant (American) culture.
The colors and panel structure in this book are more varied. It's exciting to see this cartoonist grow.