Good Eggs

"With honesty and humor," a graphic memoir explores one's woman fertility challenges and how to appreciate what we have when we can't get what we want ( Boston Globe ). For Phoebe Potts, the path to maternal fulfillment has not been easy. All her friends seem to get pregnant, but she can't conceive for all her trying. As Phoebe and her husband, Jeff, navigate the emotionally and physically fraught world of fertility experts, she takes stock of what matters in the rest of her life and reflects on the winding journey to her true calling as an artist. From her days as an amateur union organizer in Texas to her spiral into paralyzing depression in Mexico; from her soul-shrinking, all-for-the-benefits stint as an administrative assistant at a fancy university in Cambridge to her flirtation with rabbinical school, Phoebe illuminates the bumpy road to vocational and personal contentment. Her wonderful, hilarious, and utterly original drawings capture the truly good eggs—an unforgettably nutty mother; a devoted husband; a team of therapists, hairdressers, and landladies; friends; and a sidekick housecat—that together expand the definition of what really makes a family. "You'll giggle, you'll cry, you'll fall in love with the kooky-but-endearing characters." — Marie Claire "Very funny, very sad, very wise." —Anita Diamant, New York Times bestselling author of The Red Tent "Honest, intelligent, and completely involving." —Roz Chast, award-winning New Yorker cartoonist "Nearly impossible to put down . . . Fantastic." — Publishers Weekly "Rarely flinching and always frank....Highly recommended." — Library Journal (starred review)