Two Mrs. Gibsons is author Toyomi Igus s tender and touching tribute to the two most important women in her life--her Japanese mother and her African American grandmother. From memories of her grandmother s big bear hugs to her mother s light down-filled comforter hugs from listening to her grandmother s lively spirituals to her mother s soft lullabies from playing with her grandmother s fancy going-to-a-Sunday-meetin hats to trying on her mother s kimono Toyomi celebrates the joys and rich diversity of growing up biracial.