I Was Told There'd Be Cake

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  • Paperback
  • 230 Pages
  • Released: April 1, 2008
  • Originally Released: 2008
  • Publisher: Riverhead Books

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From the author of 2018's much buzzed about Look Alive Out There...

Wry, hilarious, and profoundly genuine, Sloane Crosley's debut collection of literary essays is a celebration of fallibility and haplessness in all their glory. 
 The New York Times bestseller that both captured and influenced a generation.

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.

Sloane Crosley is also the author of Look Alive Out ThereHow Did You Get This Number, The Clasp and the ebook Up The Down Volcano.

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  • ISBN: 9781594483066
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