There are some peachy (to use another suggested Rosenwald word) truths and more than a few sensational illustrations. Plus just a lot of fun stuff to read that sticks to your brain.
I, being a cat lover, particularly liked this bit: “I taught my cats to spoon. they’re from queens so they picked it up right away. in fact, they really got into it! but after awhile they wanted to branch out — i guess they were bored. they wanted to do this thing where we were a butter dish, 2 napkin rings and a salad fork. i said nothing doing. This is too weird for me. it’s over.” (Punctuation the author’s own.)
If a perverse and delightfully ribald sense of humor appeals to you; if you’re tired of the ordinary; if you appreciate a book that pokes fun of societal norms and offers up a beauty quite all its own; if you enjoy something that makes you laugh out loud and really makes you want to read bits of it to perfect strangers, then all the wrong people have self-esteem is super stupendous.
And here’s a last bit of advice from Rosenwald to take with you: “Nobody likes a winner.”
*or, frankly, anybody else
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