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I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
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I Was Told There'd Be Cake

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Narrator Sloane Crosley
Length 6 hours 7 minutes
Language English
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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. I Was Told There'd Be Cake introduces a strikingly original voice, chronicling the struggles and unexpected beauty of modern urban life.

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

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

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“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 Expand reviews
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