I loved seeing Jenny Slate in the movies Obvious Child and Landline, as well as her special appearance at the Just For Laughs Festival. As a fan, I was excited to read about her motherhood journey in her latest book Lifeform. In Lifeform, she dramatizes mundane events through humour and barely mentions anything about her Hollywood career. This is simply a book about a woman who finds love and has a baby girl, which makes her relatable.
There’s nothing like getting an abortion on Valentine’s Day. Or finding out that you’re unemployed. Or becoming pregnant from a one night stand. It officially sucks to be Donna Stern.
Donna (Jenny Slate) has worked in an independent bookstore for over five years, but she’s anything but nerdy. She wears lots of cardigans, but she’s hardly meek. She’s just an average 28-year-old Jewish comedian living paycheque to paycheque in Brooklyn. She would rather drink with friends than worry about her future—in a totally non-alcoholic way.