The Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson is a book about a woman who writes graphic novels and comics for a living. Her half sister is the perfect, married, stable mother, or so it seems. When her grandmother in Alabama becomes ill, she returns to the South to look after her, and all sorts of unexpected events unfold, not least of which is the appearance of Batman (you’ll have to read it to find out.)

This is a great book that explores racism in the South, past and present; it’s about what it means to be a family, about what it means to be an artist. Jackson is a great writer and I was pulled in from the first page. I loved this book.