# I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood - Hardcover

by **Jessi Klein** (Author)

**An 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._**

**Longlisted for the PEN Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay**

_"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?"_

In _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.

In 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.

Written with Klein's signature candor and humanity, _I'll Show Myself Out_ is an incisive, moving, and often uproarious collection.

**Number of Pages:** 288

**Dimensions:** 1.2 x 8.4 x 5.9 IN

**Publication Date:** April 26, 2022

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