{"product_id":"ill-show-myself-out-essays-on-midlife-and-motherhood-hardcover","title":"I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJessi Klein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn instant New York Times bestseller, I'll Show Myself Out is the eagerly anticipated second essay collection from Jessi Klein, author of the acclaimed debut You'll Grow Out of It.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the PEN Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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? The first of which should be, how is this a song that played on the radio?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn New York Times bestselling author and Emmy Award-winning writer and producer Jessi Klein's second collection, she hilariously explodes the cultural myths and impossible expectations around motherhood and explore the humiliations, poignancies, and possibilities of midlife. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn interconnected essays like \"Listening to Beyoncé in the Parking Lot of Party City,\" \"Your Husband Will Remarry Five Minutes After You Die,\" \"Eulogy for My Feet,\" and \"An Open Love Letter to Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent,\" Klein explores this stage of life in all its cruel ironies, joyous moments, and bittersweetness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with Klein's signature candor and humanity, I'll Show Myself Out is an incisive, moving, and often uproarious collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is motherhood, told with the volume turned all the way up: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Hero's Journey of Motherhood: \u003c\/b\u003e The quest for toddler cookies becomes a profound, hilarious exploration of what it means to be a modern-day hero--even if the journey is just to the supermarket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMidlife Crisis Humor: \u003c\/b\u003e From listening to Beyoncé in the Party City parking lot to eulogizing her own feet, Klein navigates the indignities and surprising joys of being a woman of a certain age.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePostpartum Realities: \u003c\/b\u003e An unsparingly funny look at the parts of childbirth no one warns you about, from the horror of potty-training in a public restroom to the invention of the 'underwear sandwich.'\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMarriage and Family Humor: \u003c\/b\u003e Featuring laugh-out-loud fantasies about a future lesbian wife and the startling realization that your husband will remarry five minutes after you die.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.4 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45919339544678,"sku":"9780062981592","price":35.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/bg4ZIJ2jw9780062981592.webp?v=1783612601","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/ill-show-myself-out-essays-on-midlife-and-motherhood-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}