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When the heat in Brooklyn climbs to a hundred, there's only one thing worse than being a delivery man for HomeMade Cakes. It's being a delivery woman for HomeMade. Because Anna, the feisty heroine of this earthy and irreverent novel, has to put up with things that her male co-workers can't imagine, from a boss who despises women to storekeepers who feel her up when they aren't trying to rip her off for the price of a carton of Chocos. As realized by Susan Jedren, Anna is a true representative of blue-collar, no-glitz New York, a valiant single mother whose attempts to keep her head above water - and her dignity intact - are both hilarious and uplifting. Let 'Em Eat Cake is a novel for anyone who has ever worked at a demeaning job and dreamed of dancing on the merchandise, a book as real as a corner bodega and as refreshing as an open hydrant in the middle of a scorching summer. <p>Anna, a woman of our times, lives in New York City, where she has always lived--as the child of an abusive father, and now, as an abandoned wife and mother of two children. On a lark, she takes a job driving a delivery truck for Feelgood Cakes, each day wending her way through the

Author

Jedren, Susan

Publisher

New York: Pantheon Books

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780679433613

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities