In 2017, as Australia was debating marriage equality, Jason Om struck a chord with a very personal story. In a piece for the ABC, he wrote about his father’s 16-year struggle to accept his sexuality and how his dad eventually came to vote yes in the plebiscite.
That piece is part of the basis for Om’s memoir, All Mixed Up, which is out now through ABC Books. But there is more to Om’s story than just the strained relationship between father and son. All Mixed Up also explores the life-changing secrets held by other members of his family, including Om’s late mother, who died when he was just 12. The memoir dives into the truth about his family’s past, his experience of growing up in a multi-racial, multi-faith household, and Om’s acceptance of his own “mixed-up” identity.
