Lifeform

An absurdist reflection on motherhood and the human experience … Absurdist humor, magical realism, fanciful self-reflection - in Lifeform, Slate’s second solo effort, she wields all manner of literary embellishments in the name of channeling emotional honesty * Washington Post *Though Slate’s eccentric comedy is a constant, she’s not afraid to get heartfelt … funny, lyrical, and sometimes strange, these essays pulse with life * Publisher’s Weekly *Writer and actress Slate’s second collection of imaginative, funny, affecting, and hard-to-classify pieces delves deeply into her feelings, dreams, and visions about pregnancy and becoming a mother… . Some extra-out-there pieces cement this as another wonderfully weird, incomparable, and utterly enjoyable book that readers will be glad simply exists – Booklist, Starred ReviewLifeform is an artifact in which Jenny Slate looks at herself as ‘Jenny Slate,’ a private person and a public avatar of millennial motherhood * Los Angeles Review of Books *Jenny Slate, known for her crackling standup and for voicing Marcel the Shell, here turns her high-wattage attention to the messiness of falling in love, giving birth during a pandemic and adjusting to the “situation” of motherhood-all of it delivered in her singular, zigzagging voice * New York Times *This quirky, totally original book may be a memoir if one is to believe that a human brain can totally live inside a planet of its own making * San Francisco Book Review *Fans old and new will revel in Lifeform’s self-effacing humor and imaginative writing style. It’s a delightful, memorable immersion in the lifeform that is Jenny Slate * BookPage (starred review) *Imaginative, funny, affecting, and hard-to-classify … A wonderfully weird, incomparable, and utterly enjoyable book that readers will be glad simply exists * Booklist (starred review) *At times whimsical in its flights of fancy and always surprising in the moments of lyrical grace it offers, Slate’s book celebrates the transformative power of surrendering to love and life. Delightfully offbeat and unexpectedly moving * Kirkus Reviews *

Jenny Slate is an actress, stand-up comedian, and the New York Times bestselling author of the children’s book Marcel The Shell with Shoes On. She has been in many movies and TV shows and also plays many cartoon animals. Jenny is a graduate of Columbia University and has a young heart and an antique soul. She lives in a 100-year-old house in the bizarre and fun city Los Angeles, where nobody ever gets old at all.