I Am Having an Adventure

by Perri Klass

Fictional Novel, Literary Fiction

Genres: Fiction

253 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Perri Klass is a pediatrician who writes fiction and non-fiction. She writes about children and families, about medicine, about food and travel, and about knitting. Her newest book is a novel, The Mercy Rule, and the book before that was a work of non-fiction, Treatment Kind and Fair: Letters to a Young Doctor, written in the form of letters to her older son as he starts medical school.
She lives in New York City, where she is Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at New York University, and she has three children of her own. She is also Medical Director of Reach Out and Read, a national literacy organization which works through doctors and nurses to promote parents reading aloud to young children.
source: www.perriklass.com

Reviews

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Grabbed this on a whim at the college library because the title charmed me; bought it after reading the first few stories and never actually read it through until now. Way ahead of its time with its characters but dated in other ways--overall a real delight.

[Melissa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Best title ever. Short stories that were mostly sort of meh. Somehow the writing seemed sort of self-indulgent. Plot meandered and left me wanting more clarity. A few of the stories did stand out as good clear writing. Worth giving it a look, even if it's just because of the awesome title.