Friday 56: Week 62 - Everything is Going to Be Great: An Underfunded and Overexposed European Grand Tour by Rachel Shukert

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.
*Post a link along with your post back to this blog and to Storytime with Tonya and Friends at http://storytimewithtonya.blogspot.com/
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

Everything Is Going to Be Great: An Underfunded and Overexposed European Grand Tour by Rachel Shukert

 

Here's the blurb:

When she lands a coveted nonpaying, nonspeaking role in a play going on a European tour, Rachel Shukert -- with a brand-new degree in acting from NYU and no money -- finally scores her big break.  And, after a fluke at customs in Vienna, she gets her golden ticket: an unstamped passport, giving her free rein to "find herself" on a grand tour of Europe.  Traveling from Vienna to Zurich to Amsterdam, Rachel bounces through complicated relationships, drunken mishaps, miscommunication, and the reality-adjusting culture shock that every twentysomething faces when sent off to negotiate "the real world" -- whatever that may be.

About the Author:
Rachel Shukert is a playwright, performer, and the author of Have You No Shame?: And Other Regrettable Stories.  Her writing has appeared in McSweeney's and Heeb, and on Salon, Slate, Gawker, Nerve, and The Daily Beast, as well as featured on National Public Radio and in numerous print anthologies.  Shukert was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, and now lives in New York City with her husband and her bipolar cat.

Here's my Friday 56:

"I realize you have your feminist principles," said Daphne, "but he told me that you crashed some party he was at in the middle of the night, went home with him after five minutes, and snuck out in the morning before he woke up.  Are you saying that he didn't do it?  Because that sounds like you."