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Did I Write a Book and Forget??!

January 8, 2017 by expandingbookshelf 4 Comments

      In this fractured, fearful and uncertain climate, one woman is challenging the status quo, speaking truth to power, and asking the questions the system doesn’t want you to ask. That woman is Jessi Klein. Her question: “Seriously, did Richard Gere shove a gerbil up his butt? Like all the way up there? Whatever, I’m just going to believe it’s true.” Now, I’m not going to pretend the occupancy status of  American Treasure Mr. Richard Gere’s backdoor is the central thesis of Klein’s […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor Tagged With: #memoir, essays, feminism, Jessi Klein, you'll grow out of it

expandingbookshelf's CBR9 Review No:2 · Genres: Comedy/Humor · Tags: #memoir, essays, feminism, Jessi Klein, you'll grow out of it ·
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“This was when I learned one of the biggest secrets of being a woman, which is that much of the time, we don’t feel like we’re women at all.”

November 19, 2016 by Caitlin_D 2 Comments

When you’re name checked in someone else’s review of a particular book you’re somewhat obligated to track it down. “I was a woman sobbing in a hotel corridor, which is kind of incredible, because when I was little I thought I was going to be a senator.” Jessi Klein was a tom boy growing up, often confused for a budding lesbian, who grew into what she refers to as a “tom man.” As an adult she continues to feel like an outsider looking in on […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Jessi Klein, you'll grow out of it

Caitlin_D's CBR8 Review No:95 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction · Tags: Jessi Klein, you'll grow out of it ·
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