"Born out of a viral "Shouts & Murmurs" piece in The New Yorker this darkly humorous charming
and brilliant graphic memoir in the tradition of Allie Brosh and Roz Chast brings the first
few years of parenthood to life. With the wit of a comedian and the observational skills of a
sociologist surveying a new subculture Becky Barnicoat writes about her first few years of
parenthood with warmth sharp insight and uproarious humor in her debut graphic memoir Cry
When the Baby Cries. Barnicoat's prose is always relatable smart and so funny while
discussing everything from how ignoring women's pain is baked into the practice of obstetrics
to the impossibility of putting a child down drowsy but awake while you are permanently drowsy
but awake to the tyranny of gentle parenting and more. Barnicoat gives us permission to cry
when the baby cries and also laugh snort lie on the floor naked drool and revel in a
deeply strange new world ruled by a tyrannical tiny leader growing bigger and more cherished
by the day"-- Provided by publisher.
