Bought brand new in college as she (Molly, the author) made it a requirement for all of her students to buy her book and her husband's but never had us read a single one. Forcing the students to buy their crap. I have never, and will never read her or her husband's books. Petty? I don't care. This is in brand new condition. How to Survive Graduate School & Other Disasters is a collection of short stories about everyone from graduate students to Girl Scouts, from teenagers to retirees. These stories are set in Cincinnati, New Jersey, Indiana, Baltimore, East Berlin, and Washington, D.C., but all of them have one thing in common: they are stories about surviving the disasters and dysfunctional relationships we all have with friends, family, and lovers.