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I Was Told There'd Be Cake

By Sloane Crosley

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    About I Was Told There’d Be Cake

    Hailed by David Sedaris as “perfectly, relentlessly funny” and by Colson Whitehead as “sardonic without being cruel, tender without being sentimental,” from the author of the new collection Look Alive Out There. 

    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 who aims for the stars but hits the ceiling, and the inimitable city that has helped shape who she is. I Was Told There’d Be Cake introduces a strikingly original voice, chronicling the struggles and unexpected beauty of modern urban life.

    About I Was Told There’d Be Cake

    Hailed by David Sedaris as “perfectly, relentlessly funny” and by Colson Whitehead as “sardonic without being cruel, tender without being sentimental,” from the author of the new collection Look Alive Out There. 

    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 who aims for the stars but hits the ceiling, and the inimitable city that has helped shape who she is. I Was Told There’d Be Cake introduces a strikingly original voice, chronicling the struggles and unexpected beauty of modern urban life.

    About I Was Told There’d Be Cake

    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 Cake introduces a strikingly original voice, chronicling the struggles and unexpected beauty of modern urban life.

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    About Sloane Crosley

    Sloane Crosley is the author of the new collection Look Alive Out There, the novel The Clasp, and the bestselling essay collections How Did You Get This Number and I Was Told There’d Be Cake, which was a finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Her… More about Sloane Crosley

    About Sloane Crosley

    Sloane Crosley is the author of the new collection Look Alive Out There, the novel The Clasp, and the bestselling essay collections How Did You Get This Number and I Was Told There’d Be Cake, which was a finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Her… More about Sloane Crosley

    About Sloane Crosley

    Sloane Crosley is the author of the new collection Look Alive Out There, the novel The Clasp, and the bestselling essay collections How Did You Get This Number and I Was Told There’d Be Cake, which was a finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Her… More about Sloane Crosley

    Product Details

    Category: Humor | Biography & Memoir

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Riverhead Books
    Apr 01, 2008 | 240 Pages | 5-1/8 x 8 | ISBN 9781594483066

    Category: Humor | Biography & Memoir

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Riverhead Books
    Apr 01, 2008 | 240 Pages | ISBN 9781101147474

    Category: Humor | Biography & Memoir | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.50
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Jun 03, 2008 | 368 Minutes | ISBN 9781436228060

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    Praise

    “Sloane Crosley is another mordant and mercurial wit from the realm of Sedaris and Vowell. What makes her so funny is that she seems to be telling the truth, helplessly.”  —Jonathan Lethem

    Awards

    Thurber Prize for American Humor FINALIST

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