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AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER From actor, comedian, co-creator of Marcel the Shell, and New York Times bestselling author of Little Weirds, Jenny Slate, a wild, soulful, hilarious collection of genre-bending essays depicting the journey into motherhood as you’ve never seen it before. What happened was this: Jenny Slate was a human mammal who sniffed the air every morning hoping to find another person to love who would love her, and in that period there was a deep dark loneliness that she had to face and befriend, and then we are pleased to report that she did fall in love, and in that period she was like chimes, or a flock of clean breaths, and her spine lying flat was the many- colored planks on the xylophone, but also she was rabid with fear of losing this love, because of past injury. And then what happened was that she became a wild-pregnant-mammal-thing and then she exploded herself by having a whole baby blast through her vagina during a global plague and then she was expected to carry on like everything was normal—but was this normal, and had she or anything ever been normal? Herein lies an account of this journey, told in five phases—Single, True Love, Pregnancy, Baby, and Ongoing—through luminous, laugh-out-loud funny, unclassifiable essays that take the form of letters to a doctor, dreams of a stork, fantasy therapy sessions, gossip between racoons, excerpts from an imaginary olden timey play, obituaries, theories about post- partum hair loss, graduation speeches, and more. No one writes like Jenny Slate. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown and Company (October 22, 2024)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 240 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316263931


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 31


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.5 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.85 x 0.81 x 8.6 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #52,063 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #170 in Humor Essays (Books) #259 in Motherhood (Books) #1,857 in Memoirs (Books)


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Top Amazon Reviews

    • Jenny Slate's One-of-a-Kind Musings on Motherhood, Grief, Much More
Slate's essays about grief and how she visualizes her family are so touching and beautiful. There are images and bits of writing that will stay with me, in a lovely way. Not all the writing resonated with me in the same way, but I liked some parts so much that it bumps it up to five stars. Even the parts I didn't *love* were still well-written, in Slate's unique frenetic voice. Recommended on audio to get her literal vocal delivery, and that of some of her friends. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2024 by Joan Pedestrian
    • All over the place, audio was not engaging
Lifeform by Jenny Slate Audio Version Overall Grade: C- Information/Memoir: C Writing/Organization: D Narration: B Best Aspect: Some sections I felt I engaged with and felt and understanding of the topic. Worst Aspect: Can I just say weird? I was lost often, it felt so random, I even looked up at one point to make sure this was a memoir again because it felt like a very bizarre sci-fi with no plot book. Something huge was missing from this one. Recommend: Yes. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2024 by Tara Jenkinson Cignarella
    • What Until It Comes to Dollar Tree to buy it!
I should have listened to the 1 star reviews! This book was a complete mess! Totally disorganized and really quite frustrating to read. I will say, I came to this book to try to understand Jenny Slate a bit more and the whole Lively/Baldoni drama. I saw she wrote a book and thought maybe this will give me insight as to why she would immediately believe Blake. After reading this book I realized the reason she stood by Blake is because she is a hot mess herself. I say all that to let you know I didn’t read this book with an open mind, but more of an investigative mind, so maybe you might get some enjoyment out of it like her friends that gave it 5 star reviews! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2025 by Mickey
    • Touching
A mostly satisfying blend of the too silly and the heart touchingly poignant. I cringed, and I cried.
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2025 by Kae
    • Quirky and smary, great on audio
I find Jenny Slate's voice so fresh and smart - both her writing style and her literal voice on Lifeform's audiobook. Her stories, and the specific way she expresses herself, are vulnerable, funny, quirky, relatable and thought-provoking. I really enjoyed Slate's first book, Little Weirds, and Lifeform did not disappoint my high expectations. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2024 by BookBunnyReads
    • A hilarious and beautiful collection
A hilarious and beautiful collection
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2024 by Withabook
    • Fantastic audio!
I wasn’t sure what to expect with this book because I’m not a huge nonfiction reader but I like Jenny Slate and I liked the synopsis and in the end I loved this book! I have to give two thumbs up for the audio because listening to Jenny Slate narrate the book was an absolute joy and a highlight for me. The way she tackles anxiety, loneliness, and fear made me feel incredibly seen. Also there is one point where she reimagines part of Ghostbusters from Dana’s POV and calls out Venkmans behavior and that gets 10/10 from me because not only do I do this but she’s right! The essays about her fear of being a good partner were really relatable and I ended up through the reading being so thankful she found someone. I definitely recommend this one for people who enjoy nonfiction/memoirs but also for people who like Jenny Slate (that should be everyone). ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2024 by Kasey Parrish
    • Parasite
Just a really strange book. It’s uneven and all over the place. Tbh I was looking for advice on how to take money/apartments from men and then sue the same man for sexual harassment to try to suck up to another actress.
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2025 by Kindle Customer

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