Middle Class Problems
Problems but not real actual problems, just middle class ones
Published on 4. December 2014
176 pages
978-1-4735-2122-3 (ISBN)
Description
A hilarious collection of the most agonizing real-life inconveniences faced by the iPhone-losing, polenta-burning, Eurostar-missing middle classes, illustrated by Matt Blease
'My pug has hiccups'
'I've given myself a croissant headache'
'I just dropped batteries in my quinoa'
'Think I've forgotten how to ski'
Can't find your melon baller? Wrestling with wrapping paper? Struggling to figure out how to properly pronounce quinoa?? Get your daily trials into perspective with this hilarious collection of the top #MiddleClassProblems from around the globe.
Since 2010, Benjamin Lee has run the hugely popular @MiddleClassProb account, and in this book he has selected the all-time highlights.
'My pug has hiccups'
'I've given myself a croissant headache'
'I just dropped batteries in my quinoa'
'Think I've forgotten how to ski'
Can't find your melon baller? Wrestling with wrapping paper? Struggling to figure out how to properly pronounce quinoa?? Get your daily trials into perspective with this hilarious collection of the top #MiddleClassProblems from around the globe.
Since 2010, Benjamin Lee has run the hugely popular @MiddleClassProb account, and in this book he has selected the all-time highlights.
Reviews / Votes
This brilliant book is full of our most tragic inconveniences * Shortlist * A compendium of priceless iPhone-losing, quinoa-overcooking, Eurostar-missing middle-class cries for help * Bookseller * This very funny look at the small-scale catastrophes that beset the middle classes on a daily basis might just make you wince in self-recognition... brilliantly devastating on food-related irateness * Simple Things * "Someone spilled quinoa on my paddle yoga board." Real laments from those suffering balsamic vinegar tragedies and unlabelled salad bar crises * Reader's Digest * Dodgy chai tea, incorrect glassware and horse-riding etiquette - the problems of the middle class are hilarious endless * Huffington Post * A highly entertaining selection of the everyday issues facing the middle class * Hunger TV *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Random House (Digital)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Fixed format
File size
51,94 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4735-2122-3 (9781473521223)
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Book
12/2014
Square Peg
€32.37
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Person
Benjamin Lee is editor of Shortlist.com and has written for the Guardian. Since 2010 he has run the hugely popular @MiddleClassProb Twitter account.
