Cry When the Baby Cries, Becky Barnicoat
Cry When the Baby Cries, Becky Barnicoat
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Cry When the Baby Cries

Author: Becky Barnicoat

Narrator: Becky Barnicoat

Unabridged: 2 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/18/2025

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

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.

About Becky Barnicoat

Becky Barnicoat is a cartoonist and writer. She has drawn for The New Yorker, The Guardian, BuzzFeed, and more, and has a weekly cartoon strip in the New Statesman. Her debut graphic memoir, Cry When the Baby Cries, is a darkly funny account of the early years of parenting. She lives with her family by the sea. Find out more at BeckyBarnicoat.com, and see her work on Instagram: @BeckyBarniComics.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sam

I am so thankful to Gallery Books, Becky Barnicoat, Libro.fm, and Simon Audio for granting me advanced audio access to this graphic memoir before it hits shelves on March 18, 2025. There has been so much centered around pregnancy journeys like mine lately and I’m so thankful for that. Cry when the B......more

This is absolutely brilliant. I really loved reading this. So many bits of it were so relatable that I made my partner and son read chunks of it as well. Funny and heartfelt, well worth checking out.......more

Goodreads review by Derya

This is a painfully honest account of (mostly first time) motherhood. I read it in two sittings, most of it when baby was contact napping. So it definitely flows. But I found it too close to home and not as humourous as I hoped. It was a bit like watching a documentary about my life. I think I would......more