![Mike Birbiglia was initially reluctant to become a father, but his wife, Jen Stein, saw things things differently. "I felt like [parenthood] was the kind of challenge that we were ready for," she says.](https://i0.wp.com/media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/07/27/u2y8lawg_wide-b3d39b96aac7ac42502c66dec1af272077ac5ed7.jpeg?w=680&ssl=1)
In the memoir, The New One, comic Birbiglia and his wife, Jen Stein, open up about his ambivalence about fatherhood and the strain it had on their marriage.
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In the memoir, The New One, comic Birbiglia and his wife, Jen Stein, open up about his ambivalence about fatherhood and the strain it had on their marriage.