{"product_id":"9781951491420","title":"The Last Time We Spoke","description":"Author: Jesse Mechanic\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781951491420\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Street Noise Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jan 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 160\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarred Review from\u003ci\u003e Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, 'Such reflections will ring painfully familiar to anyone who has stumbled around in the darkness of grief. This vulnerable graphic memoir cuts deep.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn emotional and heartbreaking memoir of the author's lifelong struggle with his mother's death from cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrief never goes away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd graffiti. It's about that too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith powerful visuals and thoughtful, poignant text, this graphic memoir challenges readers to keep going in the face of the hardest times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46875635515550,"sku":"ADS-9781951491420","price":37.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781951491420.jpg?v=1779754127","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781951491420","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}