Look Alive Out There, Sloane Crosley
Look Alive Out There, Sloane Crosley
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Look Alive Out There
Essays

Author: Sloane Crosley

Narrator: Sloane Crosley

Unabridged: 6 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/03/2018


Synopsis

This program is read by the author

Sloane Crosley returns to the form that made her a household name in really quite a lot of households: Essays! These small doses of wit and sass make for an exuberant, unforgettable audiobook.

From the New York Times–bestselling author Sloane Crosley comes Look Alive Out There—a brand-new collection of essays filled with her trademark hilarity, wit, and charm. The characteristic heart and punch-packing observations are back, but with a newfound coat of maturity. A thin coat. More of a blazer, really.

Fans of I Was Told There’d Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number know Sloane Crosley’s life as a series of relatable but madcap misadventures. In Look Alive Out There, whether it’s scaling active volcanoes, crashing shivas, playing herself on Gossip Girl, befriending swingers, or staring down the barrel of the fertility gun, Crosley continues to rise to the occasion with unmatchable nerve and electric one-liners. And as her subjects become more serious, her essays deliver not just laughs but lasting emotional heft and insight. Crosley has taken up the gauntlets thrown by her predecessors—Dorothy Parker, Nora Ephron, David Sedaris—and crafted something rare, affecting, and true.

Look Alive Out There arrives a decade after I Was Told There’d be Cake, and Crosley’s essays have managed to grow simultaneously more sophisticated and even funnier. And yet she’s still very much herself, and it’s great to have her back—and not a moment too soon (or late, for that matter).

About Sloane Crosley

Sloane Crosley is the author of the novels Cult Classic and The Clasp and three essay collections: Look Alive Out There and the New York Times-bestsellers I Was Told There’d Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number.


Reviews

Goodreads review by emma

this collection is like the least interesting thoughts of the most interesting person you know. that's really all i have to say. bottom line: profoundly meh, averaged out!......more

Goodreads review by Susan

4.5 stars rounded up. Thoroughly enjoyed this collection of essays by Crosley, and they provided a perfect distraction from the ugliness of the real world. Loved the chapter about Gossip Girl so much it inspired me to grab the last few books in the novel series thay I never read when they originally......more

Goodreads review by Sue

She may be half my age, but I want to write like Sloane Crosley when I grow up. This essay collection is as satisfying as a salmon dinner with a side of chocolate cheesecake. Crosley offers a perfect combination of heart and humor in widely varying essays that range from a hike in Mexico with a sket......more


Awards

  • Amazon.com Best Books of the Year
  • Seattle Times Best Books of the Year
  • Washington Post Best Books of the Year