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Rabbits For Food

By: Binnie Kirshenbaum
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
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From master of razor-edged literary humor Binnie Kirshenbaum, a devastating, laugh-out-loud funny story of a writer's slide into depression and institutionalization.

It's New Year's Eve, the holiday of forced fellowship, mandatory fun, and paper hats. While dining out with her husband and their friends, Kirshenbaum's protagonist - an acerbic, mordantly witty, and clinically depressed writer - fully unravels. Her breakdown lands her in the psych ward of a prestigious New York hospital, where she refuses all modes of recommended treatment. Instead, she passes the time chronicling the lives of her fellow "lunatics" and writing a novel about what brought her there. Her story is a hilarious and harrowing deep dive into the disordered mind of a woman who sees the world all too clearly.

Propelled by stand-up comic timing and rife with pinpoint insights, Kirshenbaum examines what it means to be unloved and loved, to succeed and fail, to be at once impervious and raw. Rabbits for Food shows how art can lead us out of - or into - the depths of disconsolate loneliness and piercing grief. This is a bravura literary performance from one of our most witty and indispensable writers.

©2019 Binnie Kirshenbaum (P)2019 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books Dark Humour Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Psychological Comedy Witty
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It was interesting to listen to but found it rather too drawn out and disappointing at the end

Disappointing end

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Listened for a couple of hours and realised I was totally bored, annoying narration, pointless story, not clever or funny

Tedious

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Do not be fooled by the title details. this book is not witty, humorous or comedic. The writing is fine but the character lacks any depth. she seems to believe that no one suffers in the world but her. She comes off as very out of touch. Other novels tackle the same subject matter with alot more insight and charm.

Not witty or humorous

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