Description: A powerful, exquisitely illustrated book for those experiencing miscarriage and pregnancy loss that provides understanding, comfort, and healing This is you. This is you and your baby. When this was you, you thought about the future a lot. You felt destined to be a mama, and hoped your baby would find you soon. Pregnancy loss affects as many as one-third of all pregnancies. Yet this painful experience is rarely spoken about, making it all the more difficult for those going through it the space they need to grieve and heal. With lyrical, poignant text from Madeleine Garner and illustrations from data designer Giorgia Lupi, Your Baby Will You Find You holds readers gently as they work through their emotional rollercoaster, and helps them envision a life after loss--one that is full of joy alongside the sadness, no matter what might happen next.
Brief description: Madeleine Garner is a Brooklyn-based writer. Her play, I Ragazzi, cowritten with her father, Broadway writer David Goldsmith, was published in 2023 by the Dramatists Play Service and is now available for licensing. Garner was accepted into the Spring 2023 Woodward Residency in RIdgewood, Queens where she worked on her children's books. Garner currently works at Pentagram Design and received her BA in art history and Italian studies from Wheaton College in Massachusetts in 2012. She resides with her husband, baby, and cat.
Review Quotes: "Your Baby Will Find You untangles the complex emotions that arise when we are forced to let go of unrealized dreams due to pregnancy loss. Garner and Lupi's vision is all at once heartbreaking, comforting, and validating."
--Kelly Cervantes, USA Today bestselling author of Normal Broken
--Azadeh Westergaard, author and illustrator of The One and Only Googoosh "Madeleine's book achieves that rare-but-essential blend of compassionate reflection and evocative visual art, serving as an empathetic companion for those navigating perinatal loss and infertility and wondering, what now?"
--Rebecca Soffer, author of The Modern Loss Handbook "Your Baby Will Find You provides a heartfelt, authentic depiction of the isolating experience of a fertility journey that does not go where one hopes. Garner skillfully untangles this complex version of grief in a digestible way that gives voice to an experience of loss that is too often voiceless, and takes us through the many layers of emotion that must unfold on our way towards acceptance."
--Dr. Dan Wolfson, clinical psychologist and grief specialist "Madeleine Garner's Your Baby Will Find You says in 750 words what we as a society have denied our hopeful parents for millennia . . . Who knew a long form poem (gorgeously illustrated by Giorgia Lupi) would make concrete what so many of us seek: affirmation that our experience as parents-who-have-not-yet 'been found' is a real, full, and valid one."
--Alexandra Silber, author of White Hot Grief Parade "Madeleine Gardner's beautiful book peels back the layers of our relationships to our bodies and our beings. She lays bare the complex truths of who we hope to be and helps us make peace with who we have actually become, holding the many aspects of humanity together in one short story."
--Vanessa Kroll Bennett, coauthor of This Is So Awkward "Your Baby Will Find You is a powerful book that is bound to resonate with any woman. It will take you on a journey through joy, sadness, warmth, fear and love. The illustrations are lovely and tender. If you have ever been through pregnancy or hope to one day, I would recommend reading this story."
--Bartley Chavez, entrepreneur, influencer, and creator of @BytheSeaMommyandMe "With quietly poignant storytelling and moving illustrations, Your Baby Will Find You shines a light on the hidden and misunderstood grief of miscarriage with tender, empathetic honesty. This book is the perfect gift of companionship and reassurance to anyone healing from a loss and seeking the strength to try again."
--Tori Press, author of How to Feel Better "Your Baby Will Find You is a unique journey through the excitement of early pregnancy, the pain of baby loss and the long and unpredictable pathway of healing. There is a beautiful simplicity to the words and illustrations that will bring both sadness and hope to anyone who has suffered the darkness of pregnancy loss."
--Bex Gunn, cofounder of The Worst Girl Gang Ever "When I first read Your Baby Will Find You I knew it would become a companion, a colleague even, in my work as a midwife. This book is a balm, from somebody who had the recipe because she needed it too . . . My hope is that well loved copies of it are read and shared, that it will become as synonymous with 'I love you' as a bowl of homemade soup--simple, comforting, perfect.'"
--Emily Moonbeam Varnam, midwife and doula "In the field of perinatal mental health, loss is often not given the weight and focus it deserves. Expectations of the grieving parents and those around them (both personal and professional) are to let go, move on, and be grateful for what they have--all fine goals, but healing is neither simple nor linear. Thank you for this absolutely beautiful, genuine, and unique resource that will speak to our clients."
--Shoshana S. Bennett, PhD, perinatal mental health psychologist "If you have experienced pregnancy loss, you're not alone. This book aims to show the world that pregnancy loss is not a taboo topic. Though you will never forget your baby, you can manage your grief and heal. If you're looking to become a parent, one day your baby will find you."
--Elaine Keller-Duemig, certified nurse-midwife at Central Park Midwifery