I'm a Lot: Surviving Myself and All the People I've Been

全书收录了 14篇个人随笔，被出版方形容为"充满了冷面幽默、坦率内省的温柔时刻以及敏锐的社会评论"。 Leiby 在书中逐一拆解了自己身上贴过的各种标签：

家庭主妇剧的狂热粉丝、折扣店购物狂、前运动员、快乐的单身主义者、主动选择无子女并引以为傲的猫妈妈……

这些标签看似零散，实则串联起了一条清晰的自我认同线索：一个拒绝被单一叙事定义的女性，如何在现代社会中不断切换身份、拥抱复杂性。

"I'm a lot"——这句话既可以是一句道歉，也可以是一句宣言。Leiby 选择了后者。在一个仍然期待女性"简化自己"以迎合他人期待的世界里，她的这本书本身就是一种抵抗：我不需要被简化，我不需要被归类，我可以是很多个我，而且这些我都爱。

书名：I'm a Lot: Surviving Myself and All the People I've Been

作者：Alison Leiby

简介：In this witty, absurd, and surprisingly moving memoir-in-essays, comedian Alison Leiby unpacks the multitudes women are told to be—and the joy of refusing to pick just one.

Have you ever frozen when someone asks, "So, tell me about yourself?" If so, take a page from I'm a Lot. Alison Leiby proudly embraces many Housewives stan. Discount shopaholic. Former jock. Happily single. Childless by choice and proud cat mom. Through these different roles and identities, Leiby reveals her hard-earned wisdom about what it's like to be a woman who does it all (except the things that make her say "uh, no thank you.")

When she was nineteen years old, a complication from back surgery left Leiby on her deathbed. After a surprising recovery, you might assume Leiby was ready to seize life by the you-know-what's. But instead of letting this one miraculous experience define her, Leiby's brush with death made her realize there is nothing more beautiful in this life than just getting to be yourself. And while women are still expected to conform to many patriarchal labels, Leiby ignores the pressure to be palatable and instead champions all the joyful, weird, and complicated selves she brings to the world.

In fourteen personal essays full of deadpan jokes, tender moments of candid introspection, and insightful social commentary, Leiby explores what it really means to occupy various identities in the modern age. She ditches the manufactured Instagram persona to show that sometimes the puzzle pieces don’t always fit to create a perfect picture but that doesn't mean we are incomplete.