The eventual bookworm

This weekend I got my hands on two non-fiction books that I'm very excited to read for the bargain basement price of $4.50. I got this first gem at a huge bargain bookstore in the mall:

"In the fifties, we're always told, the food industry barged into the American kitchen, waving TV dinners, and destroyed home cooking. Not so fast, Shapiro says. As she reveals, women refused many of the new convenience foods. Fish sticks they accepted, but not ham sticks. Canned peaches, yes; canned hamburgers, no." -- New York Times

And then there's the following book, which I only stumbled upon by happenstance--checked my Junk Mail folder, opened an email with "Put Graduation Fears In Perspective" as its subject because I thought that sounded like something I'd like to do, clicked on a link in the email that took me to an article that cited this book:

"According to the authors, the difficulty arises when 20-somethings are ejected from the structured academic environment and forced to choose a career, find a home, carve out social niches and manage money (or the lack thereof). This period can indeed be rocky, especially when a young person is told that the world is her oyster and then can't find a satisfying job." -- Publishers Weekly

And because the second book is meant to make me realize that I am not alone in my crisis rather than to give me tips on how to escape it, I should have plenty of time to read both of them four weeks from now when I'm an un(der)employed college grad living on the second floor of my parent's house. Hooray!