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I Was Told There'd Be Cake
I Was Told Thered Be Cake | 
 enlarge | Author: Sloane Crosley
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  86 reviews
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 159448306X
Dewey Decimal Number: 814.6
EAN: 9781594483066
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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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. iI Was Told There'd Be Cake/i introduces a strikingly original voice, chronicling the struggles and unexpected beauty of modern urban life.
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 Just Browsing October 9, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I was just browsing in one of the airport book shops with no plans to purchase a book. I am in recovery from an eating disorder and when I saw this title it immediately drew me to the book. I started reading it and from the very first paragraph I could relate, not in a recovered eating disorder way but in a life way. I remembered when I myself lived in New York, it brought back so many of those teenaged memories. I had to buy it. I read the book by the time my trip was over. I loved it and would reccomend it to any female who is looking for those fun reminders of growing up and becomming a young adult.
laugh-out-loud humor that hits close to the heart November 18, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
"I Was Told There'd Be Cake" is a collection of essays by Sloane Crosley. She touches on every subject from childhood obsessions with Oregon Trail to the horrendous experience of moving in Manhattan and just about everything (including the kitchen sink). br / She can take the simplest of experiences and turn them into an experience that will leave you rolling on the ground, laughing until you cry. She discusses topics that most people are hesitant to confront and turns it into a situation you can laugh about. Her voice is sarcastic enough to make you chuckle but not sardonic enough to be considered cruel. Most importantly, she writes about things we can relate to. br / As you read, you find yourself agreeing with the things Sloane says. We've all had some experiences similar to the ones she writes about. Maybe we don't all keep toy ponies from ex-boyfriends under our kitchen sinks, but we've all been locked out of our house or attempted to bake. When you can relate to things, then they're that much funnier and they really make themselves a place in your heart.br / Sloane has a great voice; it's unique but not totally out there. She's quirky and almost poetic with her words and storytelling technique. It's like she's talking to you, and she just seems like one of those people you'd want to be friends with. This chumminess also tightens the bond between you and the author. Crosley delves deep in to the human emotion with the simple tales and tickles your funny bone while she's at it. br / I highly recommend this book, and I guarantee you'll love it just as much, if not more than I did.
Fantastic Reading for a Light Dinner Alone May 14, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Bravo to Sloane Crosley, who has achieved an incredibly high sales ranking for her debut book. This collection of humorous and sometimes-surprisingly-insightful essays has the sort of edge that cuts profoundly with anyone who has a funny bone, remembers their 20s, or simply refuses to grow older than twenty four in their minds. It's best read alone where you can laugh out loud as long and hard as you want; I recommend over a light dinner alone, when you can mindlessly chew in one world while cavhorting through another with a fantastic, fresh new tour guide.
Very Funny December 1, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I loved "I was told there'd be cake" every essay was funny and I recommend it! Similar to bust magazine and funny ladies like Jenny McCarthy, Chelsea Handler and Margaret Cho. Can't wait for her next book!
Taking Back The Personal Essay August 2, 2008
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
Quite frankly I don't want to read about how someone was abused by their father, or feels there mother doesn't love them, or who got thirty thousand Ph.D's and spent the better years of their life somewhere in the Amazon getting malaria. Really, I don't. Mostly because I love my daddy, my mom might just be the coolest lady ever, and the fact is I'm still trying to figure out how to work my toaster, much less get a Ph.D. It's nice to read things you can relate to, and I can certainly relate to Sloane Crosley. br /br /I bought this book in an effort not to read my Geography textbook, and immediately fell in love with Crosley's quirky sense of humor, self-deprecating remarks, and all around human approach to essay writing. I worry about some of the same things she does, because after all if I die tomorrow I do not want people finding those awful peasant skirts in my closet. br /br /Lately it seems the personal essay has become something depressing. Who wants to read something depressing? This collection of essays is exactly the kind of essay I would want to write, so it's certainly one I loved to read.br /br /I will admit that this book is, quite frankly, not for the male, over forty, humorless, or uptight. Still, for a college girl who still wishes she could be Wonder Woman, this book tells me I'm not alone, and I'm not nearly as weird as I thought I was.br /br /
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