The western canon is scattered with watershed works of literature penned by American authors...add A Gronking to Remember to that list. With this book - nay, this work of art - Lacey Noonan has truly catapulted herself, however knowingly, into the pantheons of greatest American authors (F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mark Twain, etc.), greatest female American authors (Willa Cather, Toni Morrison, etc.), and greatest humans (Jesus, Julius Caesar, etc.) to have ever set foot on this great Earth we call home.



Lacey Noonan has an uncanny ability to elevate simple words and images to unforeseen heights through basic literary device. Consider this excerpt, which felt truly like Lacey was confronting Shakespeare head on, staring him down, shaking her flabby arm and saying "Hey Billy, look what I can do!" : "On the TV I watched the large man spazz out with joy. He was surrounded by his teammates, mere munchkins by comparison. They surrounded him like supplicants around a holy mountain, but he scattered them away." Never again, dare I say, will we see such brazen and undeniably successful magic make its way onto an ebook page.



Years hence, as the human race crumbles and mere shreds of our cultural fabric remain for other beings to discover, I would feel confident in saying that A Gronking to Remember would do satisfactory justice to the artistic heights achieved during our collective time here. This should be required reading for men and women of all ages. I joyfully look forward to the day when this is printed in every language so that it can be enjoyed by all nations as a universal testament of our shared human experience. If such a galvanizing force has ever existed or will ever exist, we have discovered it in the graceful words of Lacey Noonan. A sincere thank you to The Dishes Are Done, Man publishers to taking a chance on an unknown author and allowing her to channel whichever god speaks through her. We have been blessed beyond belief.