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Happy Cruelty Day!: Daily Celebrations of Quiet Desperation

by Bob Powers · 2006

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Beginning on January 1, the book features 365 new holidays, each accompanied by a short story explaining the day you woke up in and how to celebrate it.

Genre
humor
Setting
2000s
Audience
adult
Form
short stories

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