I think the title and synopsis of this book are misleading. I thought it would focus more on how to navigate relationships with loved ones that have hurt us or hold problematic views. It was more of a discussion about cancel culture. The writing felt repetitive and the excessive use of questions became annoying at times.

Brit Barron’s Do You Still Talk to Grandma? is a deeply thoughtful and compassionate exploration of how to balance justice, accountability, and love in relationships with those whose beliefs and actions may cause harm. With vulnerability and personal insight, Barron tackles the challenging question of how to remain connected to family, friends, and communities that hold bigoted or ignorant views, while staying true to one’s values and convictions.

Drawing from her own experiences—her parents’ divorce, the complexities of belonging to a faith community, and confronting dehumanizing attitudes toward BIPOC and LGBTQ+ individuals—Barron offers a roadmap for navigating the tension between relationship and accountability. Her approach emphasizes humility, self-awareness, and the courage to create spaces where difficult truths can be shared and growth can occur.

What sets this book apart is its emphasis on grace without compromise. Barron encourages readers to remain hopeful and open to others’ capacity for change, while also setting firm boundaries to protect one’s own well-being. Her candid storytelling, supported by research and personal reflection, makes this book both practical and relatable for anyone striving to engage with loved ones who may hold problematic beliefs.

Provocative, hopeful, and disarmingly honest, Do You Still Talk to Grandma? is an essential read for those seeking to navigate the complexities of love, justice, and relationships in an increasingly polarized world. Barron’s vision of humility and redemption offers a refreshing perspective on how we can strive for progress without abandoning the people we care about.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and publisher for an advanced copy to honestly review.

This isn’t quite what I was expecting, but I really enjoyed it. I thought that this book would include more advice about setting boundaries and dealing with problematic relatives, but the majority of the book was about learning when to forgive and allowing people to make mistakes. I appreciate the author’s willingness to address complex issues. I was impressed by her ability to separate her trauma and her faith. This book should be required reading for anyone who uses social media. The discussion about holding people accountable for their actions while also allowing people to make mistakes would make a great TED talk.

Do You Still Talk to Grandma?: When the Problematic People in Our Lives Are the Ones We Love by Brit Barron is a helpful book about how to create space within our relationships when we disagree about serious issues. It talks about forgiveness and respect and about dealing with our own grief and pain so that we can be more empathetic to other people's beliefs and hardships. Thanks to NetGalley for the free digital review copy. All opinions are my own.

Brit Barron gets vulnerable in sharing how we can navigate hard conversations with people we love. She shares from her own life as well as from her professional experiences in how we can disagree, yet still stay connected, when possible, with family members and friends who have differing opinions.

My thanks to Net Galley for the review copy of this book.

I'm not sure how to rate this book. There were some points I agreed with, like we should stop with the cancel culture and that offense and harm is not the same thing. But some of the language used felt very patronizing, it was quite off putting and made it hard for me to really connect with what was being discussed.

The book felt a bit repetitive, like the author was stuck on the same points, so I feel like I didn’t gain much insight from the book. I can see how others might find this useful and enlightening but it just didn’t resonate with me.

2,5 ⭐ rounded up

This books wasn’t necessarily for me. But that’s my fault as I didn’t really research enough about it before hand so it was not at all what I was expecting. That being said I still enjoyed it.

I can see this being a really useful resource for so many as it is extremely insightful and easy to read. Unfortunately at this point I only got to around 30% however, I will be looking yo purchase a paperback copy.

I start to truly apologie because I havent finished to read completely: Do you still talk to grandma?



By Brit Barron , but what I love and appreciate of this book is the honesty of the author, in search of answers because discovered that the parents decided to divorce, analyzing also other kind of relationships and how to resolve them for better. It was Covid-time and It was just surreal that historical moment without to add other stress like the divorce of her parents and the new assets that this situation would have created. I love books in grade to speak to the heart of people. Plenty of questions that the author tries to clarify mainly to herself, later as advice to her readers, I recommend It so much.
The book will be released this fall.

I thank Netgalley and Penguin Random House for the ebook.



Anna Maria Polidori

A really interesting and thought-provoking concept delivered in a way that feels like your childhood friend is talking to you on the porch about everything you're witnessing in life lately. I liked it! There were points where I wish there had almost been like a tip section or psychologists weighing in, but overall I found it unique and important for the lives we live today.

Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for the ARC!

I’ve been enjoying nonfiction and self help lately. While this book didn’t have new concepts for me - it had a lot of helpful information to revisit! This book discusses boundaries and setting them when you cannot wait for a person to change and grow. This especially applies for me around women and their roles in family or society. “Women mature faster” but we allow boys to act up because it’s “normal”. Purity culture is especially problematic because of this.

What I ultimately took away from this book is how we can reach a place of cognitive closure - where we have enough information to make a decision - such as cutting someone off or setting boundaries. I recommend this book if you’re looking for personal growth and want to learn when and where to set appropriate boundaries.

Thank you so much to Brit Barron, Penguin Random House, and NetGalley for allowing me to read the e-arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I regret to say that I only read this book to its 50% mark, and after that I couldn’t find myself to continue reading it anymore and just had to dnf it.

The reason behind why I dnf’d it is that I couldn’t connect with this book in the ways I had originally wanted to. As a person who has struggled long to keep my points without losing the people that I love, this book didn’t take up the points that I had wanted it to take up in that matter, and I had so many other expectations for this book altogether.

I’d like to mention that it could’ve been my fault. I may or may not have understood the way Brit Barron wanted to take up this matter because what she’s taking up in her book is so important yet so little talked about, but again, I had whole other expectations.

This book did take up some great ‘societal’ and psychological points that really spoke to me and that I just had to annotate. I annotated a lot while reading just the first 50% of the book, one of my favorite lines that I annotated was “if you don’t transform your pain, you transmit your pain”.

I don’t think I hold the right to give this book a rating, as I did not finish the book and it might be unfair to the author, but I did read 50% of it and I also captured some parts of it that felt close to my heart.

I therefore want to give this a 3/5.

This book was very different than what I expected. However, there are some nuggets of useful information in dealing with challenging family members...not necessarily grandparents.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

DNF. It's not you, Brit Barron, it's me. This wasn't quite the book I was expecting going into it, and that's on me for not researching the author ahead of time.

This was a difficult read because it was so uncomfortable, but wow is it necessary. I really encourage everyone with problematic family members (so basically every human being alive) to give this a read.

This was a hard one to get through for me, but very interesting and kept me thinking and applying things spoken about to my own life.

As someone who enjoyed Brit Barron's previous work, "Worth It: Overcome Your Fears and Embrace the Life You Were Made For," I rushed to request an ARC for this upcoming release, "Do You Still Talk to Grandma?"

In this insightful book, Barron skillfully explores the complicated intersection of maintaining relationships with loved ones while holding firm to our convictions, particularly in the face of bigotry and ignorance. Drawing from personal experiences, including familial struggles and community dynamics, Barron offers a helpful framework for nurturing growth and understanding within challenging relationships.

She advocates for creating spaces of grace and accountability, emphasizing humility, self-awareness, and a commitment to ongoing learning. "Do You Still Talk to Grandma?" is similar to "Worth It" in that it is a vulnerable exploration that encourages progressives to navigate difficult conversations with compassion. "Do You Still Talk to Grandma" is an essential read for readers seeking to reconcile empathy with their own personal truths.

Thank you to the author, publisher, and Netgalley for the opportunity to read!

A great book for an insight into what it’s like to deal with a problematic member of the family. Recommend to anyone who can relate to this topic.