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Leave the Building Quickly: True Stories
Leave the Building Quickly True Stories
Author: Cynthia Kaplan
Do you know why a race-car driver wears epaulets despite the fact that epaulets would seem in every way contrary to the aesthetic of a race-car driver? It's so that in the event of a crash he may be pulled from the flaming wreckage of his car. Yes, she's back. Cynthia Kaplan, acclaimed author of Why I'm Like This, once again invi...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780060548513
ISBN-10: 0060548517
Publication Date: 5/1/2007
Pages: 224
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3.7 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: William Morrow
Book Type: Hardcover
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One of the essays in this collection ("Very Special Thanks") serves as Kaplan's sarcastic rebuttal to a friend who "mentored" her, without providing any actual assistance. He criticized her first book for not having any identifiable theme. I don't recall that as having been a problem myself when I read it. However, there is a flaw in this book: the stories are all over the place, in no particular order. There's a funny one about cruises, and then a serious look back at Alzheimer's effect on her grandmother. Both are very well done, but don't complement each other. Given the way the essays are laid out, I see this book pleasing nearly no one - a shame as she's a really good writer, who does both serious and funny well, just not alternatingly in the same book.
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