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Assume the worst : the graduation speech you'll never hear / by Carl Hiaasen ; illustrated by Roz Chast.

Assume the worst : the graduation speech you'll never hear / by Carl Hiaasen ; illustrated by Roz Chast.
Assume the worst :
"This commencement address will never be given, because graduation speakers are supposed to offer encouragement and inspiration. That's not what you need. You need a warning." So begins Carl Hiaasen's attempt to prepare young men and women for their future. Following the format of Anna Quindlen's commencement address "Being Perfect" and George Saunders's commencement address "Congratulations, by the way", the collaboration of Hiaasen and Chast might look typical from the outside, but inside it is anything but. Because it is not just funny. It is, in its own Hiaasen way, extremely wise and even hopeful. Well, it might not be full of hope, but there are certainly enough slivers of the stuff in there to more than keep us all going.

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Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Branch Status Due Date
827.9/HIA
Adult Non-Fiction   Port Macquarie . Available .  
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Record Number 633763
ISBN 9780525655015
Author Hiaasen, Carl
Title Assume the worst : the graduation speech you'll never hear / by Carl Hiaasen ; illustrated by Roz Chast.
Edition First edition.
Publication details New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Pagination etc. 39 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Summary Note "This commencement address will never be given, because graduation speakers are supposed to offer encouragement and inspiration. That's not what you need. You need a warning." So begins Carl Hiaasen's attempt to prepare young men and women for their future. Following the format of Anna Quindlen's commencement address "Being Perfect" and George Saunders's commencement address "Congratulations, by the way", the collaboration of Hiaasen and Chast might look typical from the outside, but inside it is anything but. Because it is not just funny. It is, in its own Hiaasen way, extremely wise and even hopeful. Well, it might not be full of hope, but there are certainly enough slivers of the stuff in there to more than keep us all going.
Subject Baccalaureate addresses
Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Humor
Success -- Psychological aspects -- Humor
Conduct of life -- Humor
Added Entry Chast, Roz
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