BETC: Cry it Out

Jessie is a frazzled corporate lawyer in a cutthroat Manhattan firm. Lina dropped out of her community college and has a life circumscribed by her working class roots on Long Island. The two newly minted moms share one thing in common — they are both feeling isolated and trapped at home with their new babies.

In the yard between their houses — as far as their baby monitors will reach — they bond over sleep deprivation, unreliable childcare and “having it all.”