I Was Told There'd Be Cake

Name: I Was Told There'd Be Cake
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ISBN: 9781594483066

ISBN-10: 159448306X

ISBN-13: 9781594483066

Edition: 2008

Authors: Sloane Crosley

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Wry, hilarious, and profoundly genuine, this debut collection of literary essays is a celebration of fallibility and haplessness in all their glory. From despoiling an exhibit at the Natural History Museum to provoking the ire of her first boss to siccing the cops on her mysterious neighbor, Crosley can do no right despite the best of intentions-or perhaps because of them. Together, these essays create a startlingly funny and revealing portrait of a complex and utterly recognizable character that's aiming for the stars but hits the ceiling, and the inimitable city that has helped shape who she is. I Was Told There'd Be Cakeintroduces a strikingly original voice, chronicling the struggles…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.95" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Sloane Crosley is the author I Was Told There'd Be Cake, which was a finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Her second collection, How Did You Get This Number, finds her riffing on European vacation disasters and doing bridesmaid duty in Alaska.



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Christmas Injuly


The Ursula Cookie


Bring-Your-Machete-to-Work Day


The Good People of This Dimension


Bastard Out of Westchester


The Beauty of Strangers


Fuck You, Columbus


One-Night Bounce


Sign Language for Infidels


You on a Stick


The Height of Luxury


Smell This


Lay Like Broccoli


Fever Faker