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Microthrills: True Stories from a Life of Small Highs

by Wendy Spero · 2006 · 238 pages

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From a critically acclaimed writer comes a book of clever and profoundly funny true stories about the smaller highs in life. This budding young comedian's world has never been dull. Episodic, reflective, and amusing, Microthrills marks the debut of a fresh new nonfiction voice. Unabridged. 6 CDs.

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Genre
humorwomen’s fiction
Themes
relationships
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 238 pages
Form
essays

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