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Goodbye Salad Days: Kevin Faces Adulthood

Traer Scott

Goodbye Salad Days tells the story of Kevin, a regular hamster in a familiar quarter-life crisis.

Kevin's got his own hamster-sized home, hamster-sized furniture, and the soul-crushing societal expectation to do adulthood right.

Both adorable and painfully relatable, this book is sure to hit a soft spot in any reader trying to make the best of growing up and facing adulthood.

- Features 25 scenarios with short captions
- Filled with full color photographs of Kevin in handmade dioramas
- At once perfectly weird and very relatable, making it a great gift

Life for Kevin means enduring the grind of work responsibilities, an aching body, and mounting pressure from his parents to start a family, among other things.

This sweet and funny book is a great gift or self-purchase for anyone hitting their quarter-life crisis and in need of some relatable laughs.

- This hilarious and cute book is for anyone who has experienced (or is about to experience) these moments of loss and despair, and need a good laugh or a pick-me-up
- Also a great gift for anyone who loves hamsters--especially funny photos of them
- Author Traer Scott is a celebrated animal photographer and has had work featured in National Geographic
- Add it to the shelf with books like Henri, le Chat Noir: The Existential Musings of an Angst-Filled Cat by William Braden, The Secret Life of Squirrels by Nancy Rose, and Awkward Family Pet Photos by Mike Bender and Doug Chernack.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Chronicle Books
  • Publish Date: Apr 27th, 2021
  • Pages: 64
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 6.30in - 8.30in - 0.40in - 0.60lb
  • EAN: 9781452181936
  • Categories: Topic - AnimalsRabbits, Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc.

About the Author

Traer Scott is a photographer, animal welfare advocate and author of many books. She lives in Providence, RI, with her husband, daughter, and their various creatures.

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