I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley

I Was Told There'd Be Cake

Sloane Crosley

240 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir funny reflective fast-paced

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Hailed by David Sedaris as "perfectly, relentlessly funny" and by Colson Whitehead as "sardonic without being cruel, tender without being sentimental," from the author of the new collection Look Alive Out There. Wry, hilarious, and profoundly genu...

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Moods

funny 84%
lighthearted 62%
reflective 43%
relaxing 10%
emotional 8%
dark 6%
hopeful 6%
inspiring 4%
adventurous 2%
challenging 1%
informative 1%
sad 1%

Pace

medium 48%
fast 38%
slow 12%

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3.36

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