I Was Told There'd Be Cake

I Was Told There’d Be Cake: Essays by Sloane Crosley
Adult Nonfiction – Upper Level – 814.6 C


This book of essays by Sloane Crosley, who is a book publicist, is a great read. She writes about her life and the awkward situations she manages to get herself into in New York City after college. For example, one of the longer essays is about how her childhood best friend, who she has not seen or spoken to since high school, suddenly asks Crosley to be her maid of honor. Or there is the fact that Crosley has a collection of plastic toy ponies that she embarrassingly keeps hidden in a kitchen drawer, worrying about what her family will think of her if she dies and they find them. Some of Crosley’s essays are about her childhood memories, such as playing Oregon Trail, attending summer camp, and hiding family members’ toothbrushes when she was angry. Overall, Crosley’s essays are very funny and fans of David Sedaris and similar authors will enjoy her book.