I Was Told There’d Be Cake Audiobook (Free)

Wry, hilarious, and profoundly genuine, this debut assortment of literary essays is a special event of fallibility and haplessness in every their glory. From despoiling an display at the Natural History Museum to provoking the ire of her first employer to siccing the cops on her behalf strange neighbor, Crosley can do no right despite the best of intentions-or perhaps due to them. Collectively, these essays build a startlingly funny and exposing portrait of the complex and utterly recognizable personality that’s aiming for the superstars but hits the ceiling, as well as the inimitable town which has helped form who she actually is. I Was Told There’d Be Cake introduces a strikingly first voice, chronicling the problems and unforeseen beauty of contemporary urban life.