April 2, 2008

Takes the Cake

“I Was Told There’d Be Cake,” by Sloane Crosley

She’s a 29-year-old media darling, genius book publicist, and all-around sweetheart, hailing from a nuclear family in upper-class Westchester, New York. And she’s real pretty.

Seems hateable enough, right?

And yet you’ll be in lurve with Sloane Crosley after you read her hilarious new memoir, I Was Told There’d Be Cake.

Crosley’s short essays recount everything from an early ’90s obsession with Oregon Trail (been there, done that) to embarrassing attempts at a one-night stand. But our favorite of the bunch has to be a hilarious play-by-play of the night an unknown someone defecated — that’s right — on her bathroom floor during a small gathering of close friends (a truly modern whodunit).

Although the stories are set in New York, Crosley’s plights are universally relatable and described in a voice that’s supremely witty and genuine. 

Of course. Bitch.

Available online at amazon.com. For more information, go to sloanecrosley.com.