Leave the Building Quickly - by Cynthia Kaplan (Paperback)

From the Back Cover

Cynthia Kaplan, acclaimed author of Why I'm Like This, once again casts her gimlet eye upon the current state of her affairs. Also of your affairs, and some other people's affairs as well. Journey with her as she humiliates herself in a variety of locales and fearlessly takes on all the important issues of the day--including her family, intelligent design, Narnia, and New England's deer population.

Leave the Building Quickly is a hilarious, moving, bitingly honest, take-no-prisoners incursion into the kind of real-life daily circumstances that inspire us to crouch in the linen closet at three in the morning. But that's okay because Kaplan's there, too. And she's brought snacks.

Review Quotes

"Knee-slapping hilarious . . . Fans of David Sedaris or Anne Lamott will appreciate [Kaplan's] quirky way of looking at life's intricacies." - USA Today
"Funny, sweet, poignant and even slightly bawdy at times. The reader will find themself nodding in agreement to many of Kaplan's colorful, situational observations. Will alternately make you laugh and hit you with a surprisingly strong emotional punch." - Cleveland Jewish News
"Funny, sweet, poignant. Will alternately make you laugh and hit you with a surprisingly strong emotional punch." - Cleveland Jewish News
"Hilarious...Personal and universal at the same time." - A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically
"Striking a note somewhere between David Sedaris and Anna Quindlen, Kaplan spins traumas personal and professional for maximum laughs . . . A literary star." - People
"Wise, poignant and often hilarious. Kaplan serves perfectly mixed narratives that are one part melancholy, two parts wry." - Booklist
"Wonderful, no-holds-barred wit. Raucously funny, extremely personal and always on target. Makes for perfect summer reading." - Tucson Citizen
"An entertaining, and sometimes touching, true-story collection. Get it." - Florida Sun-Sentinel