Engaging and well paced, the book fills in the reality behind Vonnegut's work.

The great purpose in life is to take your destiny out of the hands of others..

Self-pity is a sin. It is a form of living suicide..

She just wanted to be comfortable in her own skin...But she would not stop to seek others' approval. The notion that she should never seemed to enter….

There is more to be pondered in the grain and texture of life than traditional fiction allows. The work of essayists is vital precisely because it pe….