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I Can Barely Take Care Of Myself
Jen Kirkman
Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids
Simon & Schuster
April 2013
On Sale: April 16, 2013
212 pages
ISBN: 1451667000
EAN: 9781451667004
Kindle: B008J4B3YG
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Humor | Non-Fiction Memoir
"You'll Change Your Mind."
That’s what everyone says
to Jen Kirkman— and countless women like her—when she
confesses she doesn’t plan to have children. But you know
what? It’s hard enough to be an adult. You have to dress
yourself and pay bills and remember to buy birthday gifts.
You have to drive and get annual physicals and tip for good
service. Some adults take on the added burden of caring for
a tiny human being with no language skills or bladder
control. Parenthood can be very rewarding, but let’s face
it, so are margaritas at the adults-only pool.
Jen’s
stand-up routine includes lots of jokes about not having
kids (and some about masturbation and Johnny Depp), after
which complete strangers constantly approach her and ask,
“But who will take care of you when you’re old?”
(Servants!) Some insist, “You’d be such a great mom!”
(Really? You know me so well!)
Whether living
rent-free in her childhood bedroom while trying to break
into comedy (the best free birth control around, she says),
or taking the stage at major clubs and joining a hit TV
show— and along the way getting married, divorced, and
attending excruciating afternoon birthday parties for her
parent friends—Jen is completely happy and fulfilled by her
decision not to procreate.
I Can Barely Take Care
of Myself is a beacon of hilarious hope for anyone whose
major life decisions have been questioned by friends,
family, and strangers in a comedy club bathroom. And it
should satisfy everyone who wonders if Jen will ever know
true love without looking into the eyes of her child.
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