House of Cards The True Story of how a 26-year-old Fundamentalist Virgin Learned about Life, Love, and Sex by Writing Greeting Cards: a Memoir

'SPEND SOME TIME PERUSING THE GREETING-CARD AISLE OF A DRUGSTORE AND YOU BEGIN TO WONDER PRECISELY WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE CREATE THE OFTEN SACCHARINE, SOMETIMES WHIMSICAL, OCCASIONALLY TOUCHING SENTIMENTS ON THE HUNDREDS OF CARDS SHELVED THERE. THANKS TO DAVID ELLIS DICKERSON'S HOUSE OF CARDS, WE NOW HAVE AN ENTHUSIASTIC - IF UNLIKELY-GUIDE TO THE INDUSTRY.' - THE WALL STREET JOURNAL DAVID ELLIS DICKERSON'S DREAM WAS TO WRITE GREETING CARDS. But when he landed a coveted slot at Hallmark, he discovered his limited life experience as a fundamentalist-raised, twenty-six-year-old virgin left him woefully unprepared for the wordly sentiments he was expected to deliver. In House of Cards, Dickerson reveals how his time at Hallmark finally opened his eyes to a much larger and emotionally rich world. In comic and sometimes cringe-inducing detail, he chronicles his bumpy journey to maturity, from straitlaced evangelical Christian to (relatively) modern single guy. Confronting his past, his beliefs, his relationships, and his virginity, Dickerson ponders whether his struggle to stay true to the only life he knew is really worth it. '[DICKERSON'S] MEMOIR WILL DELIGHT.' - REALSIMPLE.COM 'HILARIOUS AND . . . AMAZINGLY, WONDERFULLY WEIRD.' - BOB SHACOCHIS, NATIONAL BOOK AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF EASY IN THE ISLANDS AND THE IMMACULATE INVASION