Why I'm Like This: True Stories, (Paperback)

from sarahnoid

Not a life-changing volume but I found this to be a pretty adequate bus-book. It was a quick read, each chapter being a separate entitity in and of itself. Because of the format, I expected it to be more of a Laurie Notaro style of book and was a little disappointed that it wasn't. Kaplan isn't...

from carterchristian1

The author had a fairly typical young American Jewess experience, and this autobiography shows events from camp to high school, marriage, deaths of grandparents through a somewhat humorous filter. It would probably be of interest to those past 25, probably not for the younger set.

from oddbooks

Kaplan was recommended to me as the female David Sedaris, and this was not a particularly apt description. Her sense of humor is very bland and her sense of the ridiculous lacks. However, there was a touching sense of familial love in some of her chapters, especially when she discusses having to ...