I'll Show Myself Out - by Jessi Klein (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

The eagerly anticipated second essay collection from Jessi Klein, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling debut You'll Grow Out of It.

"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.

Review Quotes

"I'll Show Myself Out is so pee-in-the-pants funny, I made sure to wear period underwear while reading it. Insanely smart and wildly relatable, Jessi Klein's highly anticipated second book is the most entertaining thing I've read in a long time."
--Ali Wong, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Girls

"Jessi Klein's essay collection spoke to the deepest part of my soul and being. Her framing of motherhood as a 'hero's journey' made me weep from feeling seen. I also howled with laughter so many times I was politely asked to leave a restaurant. It's a perfect book."
--Casey Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of The Wreckage of My Presence

Praise for You'll Grow Out of It: A book like Jessi Klein's YOU'LL GROW OUT OF IT comes along to remind us just what an artful confessional essay can do.--New York Times

"Jessi Klein has yet again 'delivered' (and yes I'm using that in the messy motherhood-pun way--I'm not the writer) a collection of the most relatable, achingly raw, and stunningly human essays I have read about the mess of motherhood and this chapter of life since her last collection. And... they are of course hilarious. THANK YOU JESSI for this gift. Please read it, mothers. It is nourishment."--Kathryn Hahn

[Jessi Klein's] astute, hilarious essays about the perilous path to modern womanhood will have you wincing in recognition.--People

Deftly blending irreverent humor with poignant insights, Klein's writing is wonderfully intimate.--New York magazine

Is it really a surprise that comedian Jessi Klein, head writer and executive producer for Inside Amy Schumer, would write a book of personal essays brimming with sharp observations and insights and poignant recollections but that above all is very, very funny? ...We guarantee that this book will quickly become one of your summer favorites.--Entertainment Weekly

Klein shares her eccentric path to adulthood, from her tomboyish girlhood to sidesplitting dating tales and beyond in this uproarious, relatable, and irresistible memoir.--Harper's Bazaar

Never afraid to share insights and reveal the raw truth behind her own stories, Klein makes readers laugh while inspiring them, a feat that calls to mind the work of the late Nora Ephron. This uplifting and uproarious collection of personal essays will be repeatedly shared among friends.--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Reading [Jessi Klein's] book is like watching her--doubtless superb--stand-up act.--Booklist (starred review)