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Lifeform

By: Jenny Slate
Narrated by: Jenny Slate, George Saunders, Vanessa Bayer, Will Forte
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Comedian and New York Times bestseller Jenny Slate’s wild, hilarious, genre-bending essays read in her singular voice depict life and motherhood as you’ve never seen it before. Featuring narration from friends Vanessa Bayer and Will Forte (“Schumacher 2), and George Saunders (“The Therapist”).

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.

©2024 Jenny Slate (P)2024 Little, Brown & Company
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Editorial Review

Raccoon gossip and other “little weirds”
There is nowhere I would rather curl up to marvel at the wonderful weirdness of the world than alongside the soul-soothing whimsy of Jenny Slate’s writing. In her latest, the actress and comedian paints another stunning portrait of life’s “little weirds,” this time illuminating the primal sensations of wildness that guided her through the strange and significant journey to becoming a mother. Lifeform contains raccoon gossip and other pockets of wisdom from creatures of all kinds. Plus, a chorus of familiar voices—Vanessa Bayer, Will Forte, and George Saunders!—join Slate (and her delightfully helium timbre) in elevating this enchanting full-cast listen. Come and rest awhile in its radiant warmth. — Haley H., Audible Editor

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Jenny is a great performer but I couldn’t tell if she was performing her own story or someone elses’. The vibe feels like a stage performance of a collection of stories rather than audiobook. I found that frustrating while also fascinating. I mostly loved the stories about her pregnancy and love for her baby long before the baby was born, as well as her grandmother.

Quirky way to tell her story. For unique listeners.

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Jenny Slate has such a way to make you feel seen, heard, and understood. This was funny and touching and so human. Absolutely loved it

Love that brain

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I esp the letters to the OB that Jenny wrote during and after her pregnancy. I love this author and, as a general matter, anywho who can embrace and LOvE and find humour in their own beautiful neurotic human-ness!!!! 5 stars!!!

Jenny Slate is a national treasure!

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I loved Little Weirds, so I bought this as soon as I saw it was out. It did not disappoint. Jenny Slate gives me hope for weirdness yet in the publishing world. Thanks!

This Book Rules

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While this was not my favorite type of storytelling, others might appreciate the author’s quirkily odd perspective on life. I did relate to how becoming a mother is like something taking over your life, I don’t have enough imagination to explain it as the author does.

Odd stories

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whimsical, emotional, and inspirational. altogether necessary and fills the reader with a sense of a new known.

life-giving

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Thank you for breathing life into this world. So beautiful. So touching. So fun and funny. ❤️

It's everything i didn't know I needed. Thank you.

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Humorous in its way - but lots of beautiful writing and artistic expression. You will be glad you decided to listen.

Unexpectedly Beautiful

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I laughed, I cried, I played chapters back for my husband and laughed again. The audiobook is well worth the listen. Jenny Slate is a treasure and should be treasured and protected at all cost!

I laughed, I cried, ect

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Doctor, thank you for Jenny Slate. Thoughtful, funny, emotional, and just lovely to listen to.

Perfect

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