| Why I'm Like This: True Stories Contributor(s): Kaplan, Cynthia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061283967 ISBN-13: 9780061283963 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: Comprised of 21 autobiographical tales, "Why I'm Like This" begins with a hilarious send-up of Kaplan's last year at "Queechy Lake Camp" and ends with a tour-de-force about the cruelly unfufilled life of the truffle pig. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Humor | Topic - Marriage & Family - Performing Arts |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: P.S. |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6.94" W x 7.96" (0.46 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cynthia Kaplan takes us on a hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking journey through her unique, uncensored world--her bungled romantic encounters and unsung theatrical experiences; her gadget-obsessed father, her pill-popping therapist, and her eccentric grandmothers; her fearless husband, whom she engages in an ongoing battle over which of them is the most popular person in their apartment; and, of course, her vengeful, power-hungry one-year-old son. Kaplan's voice is a lot like the one in our heads--the one that most of us are only willing to listen to late at night . . . maybe while locked in a closet. What a relief it is that someone finally admits that she is afraid of nearly everything; that she is jealous even of people whose lives are on the verge of collapse; and that she has, at times, tried to pass for a gentile. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kaplan, Cynthia: - Writer and actress Cynthia Kaplan's essays have been published in many newspapers, magazines, and anthologies, and she is the author of the collection Why I'm Like This. She has appeared in clubs, theaters, and on film, but never on Law & Order. She lives in New York City with her husband and children. |
