Devil in the Details

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Chapter 1: Scruples
My father and I were in the laundry room and we were having a crisis. It was the strangest thing, but I couldn't stop crying. And there were a few other weird things: I was wearing a yarmulke and a nightgown, for one, and then there were my hands, red

Devil in the Details announces Jennifer Traig as one of the most hilarious writers to emerge in recent years — and one of the strangest!

Recalling the agony of growing up obsessive-compulsive and a religious fanatic, Traig fearlessly confesses the most peculiar behavior — like tirelessly scrubbing her hands for a full half hour before dinner, feeding her stuffed animals before herself, and washing everything she owned because she thought it was contaminated by pork fumes. The result is a book so relentlessly funny and frank, it's totally refreshing.

Due to some personal grudges my parents hold against the medical and legal industries, I'm the only Jewish child I know who was forbidden to become a doctor or a lawyer. This did not leave me with many options. Professional sports were out (see Jewish child, above), as was a career in marine biology (ibid) or aromatherapy (ibid).

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