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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Hiaasen, Carl.     Subjects     Baccalaureate addresses -- Parodies, imitations, etc.     Baccalaureate addresses -- Humor.     Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Humor.     Success -- Psychological aspects -- Humor.     Conduct of life -- Humor.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hiaasen, Carl.       by title:      Assume the worst : t...       by call number:      818.602 H623a     Search the Web     Hiaasen, Carl.     Baccalaureate addresses -- Parodies, imitations, etc.     Baccalaureate addresses -- Humor.     Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Humor.     Success -- Psychological aspects -- Humor.     Conduct of life -- Humor.       MARC Display

Assume the worst : the graduation speech you'll never hear / Carl Hiaasen ; illustrated by Roz Chast. by Hiaasen, Carl. Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. Call #: 818.602 H623a Subjects Baccalaureate addresses -- Parodies, imitations, etc.   Baccalaureate addresses -- Humor.   Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Humor.   Success -- Psychological aspects -- Humor.   Conduct of life -- Humor. ISBN:  9780525655015 (hc.) Alternate title:  Graduation speech you will never hear Edition:  1st ed. Description:  39 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. Notes:  "This is Oh, the Places You'll Never Go--the ultimate hilarious, cynical, but absolutely realistic view of a college graduate's future. And what he or she can or can't do about it. "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. And who better to warn them about their precarious paths forward than Carl Hiaasen? The answer, after reading Assume the Worst, is: Nobody. And who better to illustrate--and with those illustrations, expand upon and cement Hiaasen's cynical point of view--than Roz Chast, best-selling author/illustrator and National Book Award winner? The answer again is easy: Nobody. 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. This book is bound to be a classic, sold year after year come graduation time. Although it's also a good gift for anyone starting a job, getting married, or recently released from prison. 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."--From publisher. Other authors:  Chast, Roz Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 818.602 H623a Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Musquodoboit Harbour Public Library Adult Nonfiction 818.602 H623a Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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