I just picked up I Was Told There'd Be Cake, and I must say, so far, so good. Like much of my cultural awareness, I learned about this book and author Sloane Crosley* from Gawker.
Her essay on her first real job, and the difficulties she had with her Jekyll/Hyde boss, reminded me of my own first job out of law school. The desire to get everything right and the mysterious way that things ended up going, well, Not Right, and the paralyzing fear -- I had a case of that. A much more mild case than poor Sloane's, but I can vividly recall that feeling of disappearing competence.
*Should I leave out the "bon-bons from her belly button" comment? Probably.
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