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I Was Told There'd Be Cake | 
 enlarge | Author: Sloane Crosley
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Category: Book
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Rating:  86 reviews
Sales Rank: 871
Media: Paperback
Pages: 240
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 159448306X
Dewey Decimal Number: 814.6
EAN: 9781594483066
ASIN: 159448306X
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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Condition: NEVER BEEN USED, MAY HAVE SMALL BLACK MARK OUTSIDE EDGES PAGES.17890
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Product Description
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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 FUNNY BOOK!!! January 6, 2009
D. Vicknair (Southaven, MS)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a Christmas gift for my daughter. She read it right after Christmas and said it made her laugh so hard. She did not want it to end....
if you are a snarky late 20's woman, read it January 4, 2009
C. Perry
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I once heard an interview with the author of "a tree grows in brooklyn". She said what was most amazing to her was the sheer number of people who identified with the book and the people who would say "that was exactly my childhood". I think the people who will most enjoy this book are women in their (very) late 20's who grew up and out of suburbia. If you have ever been shocked that you are a bridesmaid, or failed miserably at a first job yet refused to quit you will want to read this book twice.
Sedaris is also very funny but his seventies references were quaint and unrelated to my life, Sloane Crosley took page after page out of my childhood and made it ten times funnier.
 Finish a thought already!! December 15, 2008
Victoria (Minneapolis, MN)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I so wanted to like this book. I am an obsessive fan of David Sedaris and when I read in one of the critics' comments that she is comparable to his writing style I thought for sure I had a winner. Furthermore, one of my dearest friends told me that when she read this book, it was my voice she had pictured in her head. Perfect! Let the laughing begin.
Wrong.
With the exception of a few snigger-worthy moments, this book is just a compilation of endless brain tangents. She'll start the telling of one story and just as you think it's going to amount to something, she completely digresses into some random musing. What you end up with is a series of diluted, and truthfully, very boring self deprecating yarns.
Very disappointing.
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Suggested With: A Long Island Ice Tea (it's in line with the constant references to New York and it'll help you find humor in the mundane)
 Needs improvement December 11, 2008
Erin Mccullough
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
There are some chapters that managed to hold my interest, but never really captivate me. Some I found myself scanning and sometimes not even finishing
 What did i miss? December 1, 2008
J. L. Redmon (Fairfield, CA)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Some of you actually liked this book? It was my first time reading essays and might just be the last... I had to force myself to finish this book becase i had hope that I would find something more entertaining. I finished it and ive never been more dissapointed although it did make me wanna say: "I was told there'd be cake"
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