I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
Instant New York Times BestsellerThe second essay collection from Jessi Klein.“A laugh-out-loud book of essays. . . . Klein’s comedic sensibilities and abundant care for women make her the ideal writer to square off against the obligations and judgments placed on mothers. . . . an instant classic."—Glamour
“Sometimes I think about how much bad news there is to tell my kid, the endlessly long, looping CVS receipt scroll of truly terrible things that have happened, and I want to get under the bed and never come out. How do we tell them about all this? Can we just play Billy Joel’s "We Didn’t Start the Fire" and then brace for questions?”Emmy Award–winning writer and producer Jessi Klein’s New York Times bestselling debut, You’ll Grow Out of It, won her comparisons to Nora Ephron and legions of fans who related to her brilliantly structured, laugh-out-loud-funny, and daringly forthright essays about modern womanhood.In this, her second collection, she hilariously explodes the cultural myths and impossible expectations around motherhood, explores the humiliations, poignancies, and possibilities of midlife, and excavates this stage of adulthood in all its cruel ironies, joyous moments, and bittersweetness.
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Instant New York Times BestsellerThe second essay collection from Jessi Klein.“A laugh-out-loud book of essays. . . . Klein’s comedic sensibilities and abundant care for women make her the ideal writer to square off against the obligations and judgments placed on mothers. . . . an instant classic."—Glamour
“Sometimes I think about how much bad news there is to tell my kid, the endlessly long, looping CVS receipt scroll of truly terrible things that have happened, and I want to get under the bed and never come out. How do we tell them about all this? Can we just play Billy Joel’s "We Didn’t Start the Fire" and then brace for questions?”Emmy Award–winning writer and producer Jessi Klein’s New York Times bestselling debut, You’ll Grow Out of It, won her comparisons to Nora Ephron and legions of fans who related to her brilliantly structured, laugh-out-loud-funny, and daringly forthright essays about modern womanhood.In this, her second collection, she hilariously explodes the cultural myths and impossible expectations around motherhood, explores the humiliations, poignancies, and possibilities of midlife, and excavates this stage of adulthood in all its cruel ironies, joyous moments, and bittersweetness.
