Let 'em Eat Cake

When the heat in Brooklyn climbs to a hundred there''s only one thing worse than being a delivery man for HomeMade Cakes. It''s being a delivery woman for Homemade. Because Anna the feisty heroine of this earthy and irreverent novel has to put up with things that her male co-workers can''t imagine from a boss who despises women to storekeepers who feel her up when they aren''t trying to rip her off for the price of a carton of Chocos.As realized by Susan Jerden Anna is a true representative of blue-collar no-glitz New York a valiant single mother whose attempts to keep her head above waterand her dignity intactare both hilarious and uplifting. Let ''Em Eat Cake is a novel for anyone who has ever worked at a demeaning job and dreamed of dancing on the merchandise a book as real as a corner bodega and as refreshing as an open hydrant in the middle of a scolding summer.