{"id":37482,"date":"2025-08-30T23:07:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T03:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=37482"},"modified":"2025-08-30T23:07:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T03:07:24","slug":"review-of-go-to-sleep-i-miss-you-by-lucy-knisley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=37482","title":{"rendered":"Review of Go to Sleep (I Miss You), by Lucy Knisley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/go_to_sleep_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/go_to_sleep_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-40130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/go_to_sleep_large.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/go_to_sleep_large-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><em>Go to Sleep  <\/p>\n<p>(I Miss You)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cartoons from the Fog of New Parenthood <\/p>\n<p>by Lucy Knisley<\/p>\n<p>First Second, 2020.  178 pages.<br \/>\nReview written March 29, 2020, from a library book<br \/>\nStarred Review<\/p>\n<p>What fun!  Lucy Knisley, a noted author\/illustrator of graphic memoirs, has had a baby!  This book is the result.<\/p>\n<p>My own babies are 32 and 25 years old, but I still couldn\u2019t keep from laughing with recognition as I read this book.  She nails the ambivalences of parenthood \u2013 all the way from the intoxicating smell of their hair to the desperation when they won\u2019t stop crying.<\/p>\n<p>She covers so much!  The trials of nursing, the baby equipment, the inventions we really need, the outfits they go through (ours and theirs), adventures in eating, and so much else.<\/p>\n<p>This might make a fun baby shower gift for a new Mom.  Though I\u2019m not sure if you really want to warn them!  I am sure that as they\u2019re going through it, the laughter will provide comfort, as will the knowledge that they are not alone.<\/p>\n<p>And for an old mom like me, we get the delight of being reminded of that time with our precious babies \u2013 and why it\u2019s also a relief to be done with that time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lucyknisley.com\">lucyknisley.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/firstsecondbooks.com\/\">firstsecondbooks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1250211492\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Nonfiction\/go_to_sleep.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Nonfiction\/go_to_sleep.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Source: This review is based on a library book from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p>What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Go to Sleep (I Miss You) Cartoons from the Fog of New Parenthood by Lucy Knisley First Second, 2020. 178 pages. Review written March 29, 2020, from a library book Starred Review What fun! Lucy Knisley, a noted author\/illustrator of graphic memoirs, has had a baby! This book is the result. 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