Cleveland is Your Best Friend: 67 Things I Miss About Home

Blurring the line between memoir and travel guide, Ms. Callahan describes her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio through a series of short stories and sharp observations. In sixty seven vignettes, with lots of bright photographic evidence, Bridget teaches you how to fake it like you were born here: ex-boyfriends, unemployment, trespassing, and all. Callahan's "67 Things" is like an advent calendar lined with tiny windows that reveal one Cleveland secret after another. From rainbows blooming over parking lots to a drawn-out murder on Hessler Street, Bridget delivers Cleveland from the inside out. With side trips to places like the Velvet Tango Room for upscale eggnog and the Master Screw Building for a breathless meeting with an unexpected lover, "67 Things" will leave you wishing you could drop everything and head to, well, Cleveland.