I Was Told There'd Be Cake is a 2008 collection of essays by American writer and literary publicist Sloane Crosley. It was a New York Times best seller.[1]
American author Jonathan Lethem called Crosley "another mordant and mercurial wit from the realm of Sedaris and Vowell." David Sedaris called her writing "sure-footed, observant and relentlessly funny."
The Seattle Times said "this book about nothing is riveting to the very end".[3]
The New York Observer described it as "a funny book, and also a wistful book and a touching book".[4]
A San Francisco Chronicle reviewer noted that while the book featured "sharp, self-effacing humor", the book's style reveals the author as "too clever for her own good" and "not... very, well, nice", though that by the book's end, "we forgive her deceptions".[5]
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^"'Paperback Nonfiction'". New York Times. April 27, 2008. from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
^"'I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley'". Powell's Books. from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
^Edwards, Haley (April 4, 2008). "'"I Was Told There'd Be Cake": Savvy, funny musings of a 20-something'". Seattle Times. from the original on 23 August 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
^Dalva, Nancy (April 8, 2008). . New York Observer. Archived from the original on April 12, 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
^Elson, Rachel (April 13, 2008). "'Sloane Crosley: A funny, snippy New York girl'". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
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