"This fantastic memoir is such a welcome change from the glut of motherhood narratives that have been overwhelming bookshelves lately.The honesty and clarity with which Mehra lays out how the family traverses and makes decisions around race, gender, and social structures is so refreshing to read, even if you have no interest in parenthood yourself. Mehra and her wife are somehow able to be both pragmatic and idealistic about raising their gender-nonconforming black child as a mixed-race lesbian couple in America." --BuzzFeed "For marginalized people, widening the understanding of identity is a path to freedom.These essays mine deep and distinct emotional terrain. Mehra delves unflinchingly into each of her identities and their sharp intersections. In this collection Mehra is unafraid to struggle for her own liberty. Readers may finish these pages a bit freer themselves.

" --Camille Acker, The New York Times Book Review "A stirring portrait.Touching on issues of race, gender, sexuality, parenthood, marriage, and love, [ Brown White Black is] a timely book of essays that challenges readers to examine their own understanding of identity and family." -- Bustle "Mehra, a teacher, reflects on her experience as a lesbian daughter of Indian immigrants with an interracial family in this thoughtful memoir-in-essays.This insightful, searching book will appeal to anyone contemplating race, family, or growing into oneself." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Mehra's nuanced and thought-provoking work resonates on multiple levels-- from the immigrant experience and race relations to accepting one's sexuality, adoption, parenthood, and more. Excellent for readers interested in family and issues of identity in America." -- Library Journal (starred review) "Mehra makes a strong statement about the importance of moving beyond gender and racial barriers toward a more inclusive view of family life. Full of a wide range of insight and emotion, these essays effectively show the difficulties of being a mixed-race, same-sex family in America.

" -- Kirkus Reviews "An insightful, moving look at what it's like to navigate a world that doesn't always understand you." --BookRiot.