I Was Told There'd Be Cake is a 2008 collection of essays by American writer and literary publicist #SloaneCrosley. It was a New York Times best seller.
"How above-the-law children's books are. Hansel and Gretel (littering, breaking and entering), Rumpelstiltskin (forced labor), Snow White (conspiracy to commit murder), Rapunzel (breach of contract)." — Sloane Crosley — — — #SloaneCrosley #quote #quotes #children #stories #criminal #scary #books #humor #humorous #funny
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The Guardian
Read my ★★★★★ review of #SloaneCrosley (@askanyone)'s newest novel, the engaging and hilarious "anti-hipster" relationship comedy #CultClassic. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4815085043
Jason Pettus's review of Cult Classic

5/5: 2022 reads, #32. I was a big fan of Sloane Crosley's first book, the hilarious 2008 essay collection I Was Told There'd Be Cake, although admittedly never heard about the releases of the three books she's published since then; but I did happen to get notice a few weeks ago about her now fifth book, the comedic relationship novel Cult Classic, so jumped on it right away and miraculously managed to be the very first person in Chicago to put the book on reserve at the Chicago Public Library, before checking in a week later and noticing that literally hundreds of other people had had the same i...