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Review Quotes:
"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
Review Quotes:
"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
Review Quotes:
"[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
Review Quotes:
"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
Biographical Note:
Julia Wertz is a professional cartoonist, amateur historian, and part-time urban explorer. Her books include
The Fart Party, Museum of Mistakes,
Drinking at the Movies,
The Infinite Wait and Other Stories,
Tenements, Towers, & Trash: An Unconventional, Illustrated History of New York City and
Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story. She does monthly comics and doodles for
the New Yorker and
the New York Times. After leaving New York City, she settled down in Northern California with Oliver (yes,
that Oliver) and their son, Felix.
Review Quotes:
"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
Review Quotes:
"A raw, honest, and frequently hilarious account of becoming a parent in the worst possible year." --
Kirkus Reviews
Review Citations:
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Booklist 04/01/2026 (EAN 9780762468287, Hardcover) - *Starred Review
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Publishers Weekly 04/20/2026 (EAN 9780762468287, Hardcover) - *Starred Review
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Library Journal 03/13/2026 pg. 1 (EAN 9780762468287, Hardcover)
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Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2026 (EAN 9780762468287, Hardcover)
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