I'll show myself out : essays on midlife & motherhood / Jessi Klein.
Title:
I'll show myself out : essays on midlife & motherhood / Jessi Klein.
ISBN:
9780062981592
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]
©2022
Physical Description:
viii, 272 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Hero's journey -- Butterfly -- On the Starbucks bathroom floor -- Mom clothes -- Car seat -- An open love letter to Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent -- Underwear sandwich -- My future lesbian wife -- Listening to Beyoncé in the parking lot of Party City -- Somewhere over the rainbow -- Your husband will remarry five minutes after you die -- Talismans -- Bread and cheese -- Change of hands -- Hair -- Teddy Ruxpin -- Bad news -- In defense of drinking -- Eulogy for my feet -- Demon Halloween -- Little books -- Return.
Summary:
In Emmy Award-winning writer and producer Jessi Klein's second collection, she hilariously explodes the cultural myths and impossible expectations around motherhood and explores the humiliations, poignancies, and possibilities of midlife. Klein explores this stage of life in all its cruel ironies, joyous moments, and bittersweetness.
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OCLC Number:
on1295166384
Availability:
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