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Riverhead Books
June 2010
On Sale: June 15, 2010
288 pages
ISBN: 1594487596
EAN: 9781594487590
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Non-Fiction Memoir
A brand-new book of hilarious and insightful personal essays
by the iconic, irresistible Sloane Crosley. From the author of the sensational bestseller I Was Told
There'd Be Cake comes a new book of personal essays brimming
with all the charm and wit that have earned Sloane Crosley
widespread acclaim, award nominations, and an ever-growing
cadre of loyal fans. In Cake readers were introduced to the
foibles of Crosley's life in New York City-always teetering
between the glamour of Manhattan parties, the indignity of
entry-level work, and the special joy of suburban
nostalgia-and to a literary voice that mixed Dorothy Parker
with David Sedaris and became something all its own. Crosley still lives and works in New York City, but she's no
longer the newcomer for whom a trip beyond the Upper West
Side is a big adventure. She can pack up her sensibility and
takes us with her to Paris, to Portugal (having picked it by
spinning a globe and putting down her finger, and finally
falling in with a group of Portuguese clowns), and even to
Alaska, where the "bear bells" on her fellow bridesmaids'
ponytails seemed silly until a grizzly cub dramatically
intrudes. Meanwhile, back in New York, where new apartments
beckon and taxi rides go awry, her sense of the city has
become more layered, her relationships with friends and
family more complicated. As always, Crosley's voice is fueled by the perfect
witticism, buoyant optimism, flair for drama, and easy charm
in the face of minor suffering or potential drudgery. But in
How Did You Get This Number it has also become increasingly
sophisticated, quicker and sharper to the point, more
complex and lasting in the emotions it explores. And yet,
Crosley remains the unfailingly hilarious young Everywoman,
healthily equipped with intelligence and poise to fend off
any potential mundanity in maturity.
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