Billy, Me & You: A Memoir of Grief and Recovery

By Nicola Streeten

A moving, surprisingly funny, and inspiring graphic memoir by a woman who lost her two-year-old son after heart surgery, Billy, Me & You is a bracing and memorable account of recovery after bereavement. Nicola Streeten's little boy, Billy, was two years old when he died following heart surgery for problems diagnosed only a few days earlier. Ten years later, Streeten revisited her diaries and notebooks made at the time: this wonderfully vibrant narrative recounts how she and her partner recovered. Gut-wrenchingly sad at times, her graphic memoir is an unforgettable portrayal of trauma and our reaction to it - and, especially, the humour or absurdity so often involved in our responses. As Streeten's story unfolds and we follow her and her partner's heroic efforts to cope with well-meaning friends and day-to-day realities, we begin to understand what she means by her aim to create a 'dead baby story that is funny'. Streeten is the first British woman to have published a graphic memoir.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0956559948
• ISBN13: 9780956559944
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Myriad Editions
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 9.0"