One Good Egg

From two-million-copy bestselling author Suzy Becker—a humorous, poignant, delightfully illustrated memoir about finally making the Baby Decision.

For the first twenty-three years of her life, Suzy Becker was sure she would have at least two babies. Then it took another fifteen years to decide to go ahead and have just one. One Good Egg is the funny, warmhearted story of her journey to fertility and becoming a mom, illustrated throughout with hundreds of her clever and charming cartoons.

Suzy Becker found professional success in her twenties, and by her thirties, she decided she had everything she needed—the home, the savings, the friends, the family, and the gumption—to have a baby alone. At age thirty-nine, she joined the ranks of the six million women who need medical help to conceive. In One Good Egg, she chronicles her travels through the maze of fertility treatments, constantly considering and reconsidering how far she was willing to go, inwardly convinced none of it would ever work. She learned she was pregnant on her way to tape an essay for NPR, and five months later married her true love. You cannot adequately prepare for certain realities, like giving birth or parenthood, but with One Good Egg, Suzy Becker provides the perfect companion for her readers’ own journeys to motherhood and beyond.

Suzy Becker began her career as an award-winning advertising copywriter, then founded the Widget Factory, a greeting card company. She is the author of the international bestseller All I Need to Know I Learned from My Cat; I Had Brain Surgery, What’s Your Excuse?; and several books for children. She lives with her family, two dogs, and a formerly feral cat in central Massachusetts. Visit her website at www.suzybecker.com.