Why I'm Like This

<p>Cynthia Kaplan takes us on a hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking journey through her unique uncensored world--her bungled romantic encounters and unsung theatrical experiences; her gadget-obsessed father her pill-popping therapist and her eccentric grandmothers; her fearless husband whom she engages in an ongoing battle over which of them is the most popular person in their apartment; and of course her vengeful power-hungry one-year-old son.</p><p>Kaplan's voice is a lot like the one in our heads--the one that most of us are only willing to listen to late at night . . . maybe while locked in a closet. What a relief it is that someone finally admits that she is afraid of nearly everything; that she is jealous even of people whose lives are on the verge of collapse; and that she has at times tried to pass for a gentile.</p>