The I Index

I’ll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

Maybe someday

48

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

35/100

Critics

61/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Jessi Klein

Publisher:

Harper

Date:

April 26, 2022

The author and Emmy Award-winning writer and producer destroys the cultural myths and impossible expectations of modern-day motherhood and explores the humiliations, poignancies, and possibilities of midlife.

What The Reviewers Say

Norah Piehl,
Bookreporter
... feels like a reunion with the kind of friend who can comfortably pick up a conversation even if it’s been ages since you talked.
Sarah McCraw Crow,
BookPage
Some of Klein’s essays are light...while others dig a little deeper.
Annie Bostrom,
Booklist
Klein isn’t here to make motherhood look pretty, but she ends up making it look pretty great in the truest sense of the word, mixing laughs with poignancy and treating heavy topics with a brightening kind of honesty..

Publishers Weekly
Klein takes a moving look at motherhood in this bold and irreverent collection. The 22 essays offer a refreshing take on parenthood, mixing brutal honesty, candid emotion, and humor.