I Was Told There'd Be Cake

Name: I Was Told There'd Be Cake
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)
Author: Sloane Crosley
ISBN: 9781436228060

Author: Sloane Crosley

Narrator: Sloane Crosley

Unabridged: 6 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 06/03/2008

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs, Humor

Synopsis

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.

About The Author

Sloane Crosley’s essays and criticism have appeared in The New York Times, New York Observer, the Village Voice, Playboy, Teen Vogue, Salon, Black Book, Radar, Maxim, and The Believer. She is also the associate director of publicity at Vintage/Anchor Books in New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel

I was embarrassed to have been reduced to the level of a child, embarrassed to have given her a homemade gift, embarrassed by how suddenly and indisputably unprofessional it seemed to give one’s boss a cookie in the shape of her disembodied head. Crosley is a smart and witty writer. Like many gatheri......more

Goodreads review by Jen

I started writing a review 1/2 way through the book because I had a lot to say about Ms. Crossley. I'm posting the 1/2 way point review because I just couldn't finish the book. ***** I’m more then 1/2 way through “I Was Told There’d Be Cake”, a book of essays by Sloane Crosley. I started it Sunday, by......more

Goodreads review by Sharon :)

Thanks to all my Goodreads friends who had this book in their feed . ✔️ short stories in my 2019 reading challenge. This book was so funny the author is a trip. My favorite type of audiobook love when the author narrates. Quick and fun book!!!......more

Quotes

“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