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Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris Summary & Study Guide

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Me Talk Pretty One Day Study Guide consists of approx. 61 pages of summaries and analysis on Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris.

This study guide includes the following Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Characters, Objects/Places, Themes, Style, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion.

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First published November 18, 2010

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May 18, 2011
This book of essays about life experience is very entertaining, and not at all what I had expected. Since I'm interested in language, I especially liked the ones about his speech therapy as a child, and the ones about living in France and trying to learn French. However, there are chuckles all through the book. I recommend it for a light read and good humor. This man has a really droll sense of humor.
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July 6, 2017
Did not find much very funny or humorous. Disappointed. Maybe we should name it "MeTalk Ugly Everyday".
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February 5, 2021
I kept hanging on for it to get funny but it never did. I eventually put it down because it was just boring.
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January 25, 2023
My favorite of his books. Cracked up several times while reading it. Highly recommended
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December 2, 2024
Funny and just what the doctor ordered. I needed something light to distract me from the cognitive dissonance I was experiencing at the time. I will leave it at that.
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May 29, 2013
"Her temperament was not based on a series of good and bad days but, rather, good and bad moments." (of his french teacher, 170)

"In trying to communicate why and Academy Award-winning actress [Jodie Foster] might walk down the beach carrying a plastic bag full of dog feces, I got the sort of lump in my throat that other people might get while singing their national anthem. It was the pride one can feel only when, far from home and surrounded by a captive audience, you are called upon to explain what is undoubtedly the single greatest thing about your country." (218)
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June 13, 2014
Just didn't appeal to me - apart from the odd smile, this book was an utter waste of time
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653 reviews15 followers
May 20, 2011
Great book...he is a great writer that has such a dry twisted humor, you find yourself laugh at the strangest things...laughed almost through the whole book!
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January 16, 2013
I usually love his stuff, but I found this a little bit below his usual standard. The cutting wit wasn't there in its usual dose. Enjoyable, just not his best.
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April 5, 2013
Hilarious! A fun read. It was a nice change of pace to read a humorous memoir.
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