Bury Me, Already (It's Nice Down Here)

“A raw, honest, and frequently hilarious account of becoming a parent in the worst possible year.”

–Kirkus Reviews“Impressive… Julia Wertz’s book will serve as a comforting balm during the sleepless nights and frazzled days that all new parents face – in this wholly unique yet ‘deeply unoriginal’ experience of raising a child.” –Rae Alexandra, KQED”[A] fearless, funny, and foulmouthed graphic memoir… An artist as smart and snarky as Wertz is incapable of crafting a conventional parenthood story, yet she brings real heart to her irreverent humor. This glows.” –Publishers Weekly Starred Review“Filled with brutal and brave honesty, this necessary look at motherhood speaks life into the hopes and fears of mothers everywhere and validates their experience of holding quiet grief in one hand and the fiercest of loves in the other.”–Booklist Starred Review“I cackled and teared up throughout Julia Wertz’s intimate, moving memoir about the preciousness of life and love, told through the journey of motherhood and the near loss of a beloved family member. I’d line up to read any book she writes, but I’m so grateful she gave us this one.”–Priyanka Mattoo, author of Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones“Reading Julia’s book, I found profound recognition and empathy for the young parent I once was. Bury Me Already is honest, funny, sad, and full of love, love most of all, in all its most complex routes that run from one person to another. Julia has been drawing her own life for decades now. Her generosity is second to none, both with her own life to the reader and to those whose lives appear in the pages. Her storytelling impulses are well honed, her voice is as distinct as ever, and she has never been better than this.”–Kate Beaton, author of Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands