A New York Times bestseller

If you work hard enough, if you want it enough, if you're smart and talented and "good enough," you can do anything.

Except get pregnant.

Her whole life, Lucy Knisley wanted to be a mother. But when it was finally the perfect time, conceiving turned out to be harder than anything she'd ever attempted. Fertility problems were followed by miscarriages, and her eventual successful pregnancy plagued by health issues, up to a dramatic, near-death experience during labor and delivery.

This moving, hilarious, and surprisingly informative memoir, Kid Gloves, not only follows Lucy's personal transition into motherhood but also illustrates the history and science of reproductive health from all angles, including curious facts and inspiring (and notorious) figures in medicine and midwifery. Whether you've got kids, want them, or want nothing to do with them, there's something in this graphic memoir to open your mind and heart.

Author: Lucy Knisley
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: First Second
Published: 02/26/2019
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.40h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781626728080


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/19/2018
Booklist 01/01/2019 pg. 53
School Library Journal 03/01/2019 pg. 123
Shelf Awareness 02/26/2019
Library Journal 12/02/2023 pg. 1

About the Author
Lucy Knisley is the author and illustrator of beloved graphic novels about memory, identity, food, and family. She previously published the New York Times bestseller Relish: My Life in the Kitchen and Something New with First Second. She lives and works in Chicago, with her husband and child.