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"""What midsummer night's feast would be digestible without Francine Prose's Gluttony; what weekend jaunt to your best friend's chateau would be survivable without Joseph Epstein's Envy? And you'll need Wendy Wasserstein's Sloth (wickedly subtitled 'And How to Get It') while you're struggling out of your deck chair.""--O, The Oprah Magazine (on the series) ""Whimsically packaged exminations of Lust by Simon Blackburn, Gluttony by Francine Prsoe, Envy by Joseph Epstein, Anger by Robert Thurman, Greed by Phyllis Tickle, Sloth by Wendy Wasserstein and Pride by Michael Eric Dyson become playgrounds for cultural reflection by authors and playwrights in Oxford's Seven Deadly Sins series.""--Publishers Weekly (on the series) ""In a hilarious parody of self-help manuals, Wasserstein offers a book-inside-a-book how-to guide--Sloth: And How to Get It--on living a happy and guilt-free slothful life. Wasserstein's rapid-fire comic prose offers the perfect satire on a culture that continually invents more ways of moving less (television remotes, cell phones) in order to be blissfully slothful.""--Publishers Weekly ""A delightfully hilarious parody...Wasserstein provides a plethora of amusing motivational strategies.... Not since Wendy Kaminer's I'm Dysfunctional, You're Dysfunctional has self-help been so enjoyable!""--Library Journal ""This funny writer has produced 'Sloth: The Seven Deadly Sins,' a poke at the self-help industry in which she also satirizes the legion of Americans who are cultural and political sloths.""--Newsday ""Sloth is a hoot and nicely satirizes the extent to which so many self-improvement programs bring nothing but unhappiness and self-disgust to so many people.""--SpiritualityHealth.com ""Funny, wise, and paradoxically invigorating, Wendy Wasserstein has written what we can all hope is the self-help book to end all self-help books. Sloth gives us the energy not just to laugh at the whole industry of diet, exercise, and beauty regimens, but succeeds in getting us also to laugh at ourselves. Sloth is a motivational masterpiece."" --Joseph Gordon, Dean of Undergraduate Education, Yale College ""Anyone who's ever wondered if it wasn't time to stop and smell the roses needs to read Sloth, Wendy Wasserstein's wise and witty argument in favor of doing absolutely nothing. Embrace Ms. Wasserstein's philosophy and you will not only stop, you will abandon forever exhausting ideas like smelling anything, roses included. So gather your flagging forces and read this delightful book. It may well be the last thing you ever do."" --John Weidman, President of the Dramatic Guild of America ""Wasserstein convinces the reader that schedules and jogging are for dummies. Carbs and contemplation are in. Read this book to unlock the inner lazy you--and peace and happiness will follow beyond your wildest dreams. Embrace your human potential, read In-Style magazine. Wendy Wasserstein's Sloth is THE self-help manual for our age."" --Flora Fraser, writer and biographer ""Whimsically packaged exminations of Lust by Simon Blackburn, Gluttony by Francine Prsoe, Envy by Joseph Epstein, Anger by Robert Thurman, Greed by Phyllis Tickle, Sloth by Wendy Wasserstein and Pride by Michael Eric Dyson become playgrounds for cultural reflection by authors and playwrights in Oxford's Seven Deadly Sins series.""--Publishers Weekly (on the series) ""A delightfully hilarious parody.... Wasserstein provides a plethora of amusing motivational strategies, including slogans like 'all systems no.' She also delivers helpful hints typical of the genre--e.g., what to do during the plateau period and how to maintain sloth. Not since Wendy Kaminer's I'm Dysfunctional, You're Dysfunctional has self-help been so enjoyable!""--Library Journal ""This funny writer has produced 'Sloth: The Seven Deadly Sins,' a poke at the self-help industry in which she also satirizes the legion of Americans who are cultural and political sloths.""--Newsday ""Funny, wise, and paradoxically invigorating, Wendy Wasserstein has written what we can all hope is the self-help book to end all self-help books. Sloth gives us the energy not just to laugh at the whole industry of diet, exercise, and beauty regimens, but succeeds in getting us also to laugh at ourselves. Sloth is a motivational masterpiece."" --Joseph Gordon, Dean of Undergraduate Education, Yale College ""In a hilarious parody of self-help manuals, Wasserstein offers a book-inside-a-book how-to guide--Sloth: And How to Get It--on living a happy and guilt-free slothful life. Wasserstein's rapid-fire comic prose offers the perfect satire on a culture that continually invents more ways of moving less (television remotes, cell phones) in order to be blissfully slothful.""--Publishers Weekly ""Sloth is a hoot and nicely satirizes the extent to which so many self-improvement programs bring nothing but unhappiness and self-disgust to so many people.""--SpiritualityHealth.com ""Anyone who's ever wondered if it wasn't time to stop and smell the roses needs to read Sloth, Wendy Wasserstein's wise and witty argument in favor of doing absolutely nothing. Embrace Ms. Wasserstein's philosophy and you will not only stop, you will abandon forever exhausting ideas like smelling anything, roses included. So gather your flagging forces and read this delightful book. It may well be the last thing you ever do."" --John Weidman, President of the Dramatic Guild of America ""Wasserstein convinces the reader that schedules and jogging are for dummies. Carbs and contemplation are in. Read this book to unlock the inner lazy you--and peace and happiness will follow beyond your wildest dreams. Embrace your human potential, read In-Style magazine. Wendy Wasserstein's Sloth is THE self-help manual for our age."" --Flora Fraser, writer and biographer"

'Simon Blackburn on lust and Joseph Epstein on envy have produced little classics: written, researched and argued exemplarily, they take their topics seriously but discuss them with elegance and humour as well as insight. Francine Prose on gluttony joins them at the top of the list with a kind and thoughtful meditation.'

What midsummer night's feast would be digestible without Francine Prose's Gluttony; what weekend jaunt to your best friend's chateau would be survivable without Joseph Epstein's Envy? And you'll need Wendy Wasserstein's Sloth (wickedly subtitled 'And How to Get It') while you're struggling out of your deck chair. --O, The Oprah Magazine (on the series) Whimsically packaged exminations of Lust by Simon Blackburn, Gluttony by Francine Prsoe, Envy by Joseph Epstein, Anger by Robert Thurman, Greed by Phyllis Tickle, Sloth by Wendy Wasserstein and Pride by Michael Eric Dyson become playgrounds for cultural reflection by authors and playwrights in Oxford's Seven Deadly Sins series. --Publishers Weekly (on the series) In a hilarious parody of self-help manuals, Wasserstein offers a book-inside-a-book how-to guide--Sloth: And How to Get It--on living a happy and guilt-free slothful life. Wasserstein's rapid-fire comic prose offers the perfect satire on a culture that continually invents more ways of moving less (television remotes, cell phones) in order to be blissfully slothful. --Publishers Weekly A delightfully hilarious parody...Wasserstein provides a plethora of amusing motivational strategies.... Not since Wendy Kaminer's I'm Dysfunctional, You're Dysfunctional has self-help been so enjoyable! --Library Journal This funny writer has produced 'Sloth: The Seven Deadly Sins,' a poke at the self-help industry in which she also satirizes the legion of Americans who are cultural and political sloths. --Newsday Sloth is a hoot and nicely satirizes the extent to which so many self-improvement programs bring nothing but unhappiness and self-disgust to so many people. --SpiritualityHealth.com Funny, wise, and paradoxically invigorating, Wendy Wasserstein has written what we can all hope is the self-help book to end all self-help books. Sloth gives us the energy not just to laugh at the whole industry of diet, exercise, and beauty regimens, but succeeds in getting us also to laugh at ourselves. Sloth is a motivational masterpiece. --Joseph Gordon, Dean of Undergraduate Education, Yale College Anyone who's ever wondered if it wasn't time to stop and smell the roses needs to read Sloth, Wendy Wasserstein's wise and witty argument in favor of doing absolutely nothing. Embrace Ms. Wasserstein's philosophy and you will not only stop, you will abandon forever exhausting ideas like smelling anything, roses included. So gather your flagging forces and read this delightful book. It may well be the last thing you ever do. --John Weidman, President of the Dramatic Guild of America Wasserstein convinces the reader that schedules and jogging are for dummies. Carbs and contemplation are in. Read this book to unlock the inner lazy you--and peace and happiness will follow beyond your wildest dreams. Embrace your human potential, read In-Style magazine. Wendy Wasserstein's Sloth is THE self-help manual for our age. --Flora Fraser, writer and biographer Whimsically packaged exminations of Lust by Simon Blackburn, Gluttony by Francine Prsoe, Envy by Joseph Epstein, Anger by Robert Thurman, Greed by Phyllis Tickle, Sloth by Wendy Wasserstein and Pride by Michael Eric Dyson become playgrounds for cultural reflection by authors and playwrights in Oxford's Seven Deadly Sins series. --Publishers Weekly (on the series) A delightfully hilarious parody.... Wasserstein provides a plethora of amusing motivational strategies, including slogans like 'all systems no.' She also delivers helpful hints typical of the genre--e.g., what to do during the plateau period and how to maintain sloth. Not since Wendy Kaminer's I'm Dysfunctional, You're Dysfunctional has self-help been so enjoyable! --Library Journal This funny writer has produced 'Sloth: The Seven Deadly Sins,' a poke at the self-help industry in which she also satirizes the legion of Americans who are cultural and political sloths. --Newsday Funny, wise, and paradoxically invigorating, Wendy Wasserstein has written what we can all hope is the self-help book to end all self-help books. Sloth gives us the energy not just to laugh at the whole industry of diet, exercise, and beauty regimens, but succeeds in getting us also to laugh at ourselves. Sloth is a motivational masterpiece. --Joseph Gordon, Dean of Undergraduate Education, Yale College In a hilarious parody of self-help manuals, Wasserstein offers a book-inside-a-book how-to guide--Sloth: And How to Get It--on living a happy and guilt-free slothful life. Wasserstein's rapid-fire comic prose offers the perfect satire on a culture that continually invents more ways of moving less (television remotes, cell phones) in order to be blissfully slothful. --Publishers Weekly Sloth is a hoot and nicely satirizes the extent to which so many self-improvement programs bring nothing but unhappiness and self-disgust to so many people. --SpiritualityHealth.com Anyone who's ever wondered if it wasn't time to stop and smell the roses needs to read Sloth, Wendy Wasserstein's wise and witty argument in favor of doing absolutely nothing. Embrace Ms. Wasserstein's philosophy and you will not only stop, you will abandon forever exhausting ideas like smelling anything, roses included. So gather your flagging forces and read this delightful book. It may well be the last thing you ever do. --John Weidman, President of the Dramatic Guild of America Wasserstein convinces the reader that schedules and jogging are for dummies. Carbs and contemplation are in. Read this book to unlock the inner lazy you--and peace and happiness will follow beyond your wildest dreams. Embrace your human potential, read In-Style magazine. Wendy Wasserstein's Sloth is THE self-help manual for our age. --Flora Fraser, writer and biographer

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The late Wendy Wasserstein was the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of The Heidi Chronicles, which also won a Tony Award. Her other plays include The Sisters Rosensweig, Uncommon Women and Others, Isn't It Romantic, and An American Daughter. She was also the author of Shiksa Goddess.

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