the ramble

Now available: a downloadable excerpt of the book, for your anticipating pleasure.

Let’s start with Michael.

It was my first summer in New York City and I was on either the winning or losing side of a promise. I couldn’t decide.

It had been almost a year since a friend had made me promise that if I moved to New York I would post a personal ad. We used to read them for kicks, when we were both bored in our lovely, small Pennsylvania college town. And I suppose I didn’t think I’d actually ever move up there. So I agreed.

One Craigslist ad and about 60 responses later, I agreed to meet Michael. He had all the classic signs of being a total weirdo, but I was as-yet unfamiliar with said signs. And he’s the reason, ladies, that you should never ever go out with a man who sends you photographs of sunsets instead of himself. I promise: he won’t look like a sunset.

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