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Listening to this got me through a long drive through Ontario, for which I am thankful. With that said, I am still not 100% in the Sedaris camp as I always find his essays uneven. I tend to not like the essays about his family, especially his parents. When he picks at his family, it bothers me and I don't think that is his best source for humor. Even when these stories turn tender, they still miss the mark for me. What I think he is best at, is self deprecating humor and the stories that show th
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I loved certain chapters - particularly the dog poems and the one on the amazing drug induced post colonoscopy bliss ( having experienced this myself); overall, this took me a while to read because it didn’t feel super compelling. Enjoyable nonetheless.
What's not to love? David Sedaris is smart and hilarious. He writes about the most mundane and ordinary parts of life with a virtuoso's observational talent. His essay on preparing for and having his first colonoscopy left me laughing out loud. There's another essay about keeping a diary...and how it often becomes the source of his essays...that I plan to read sections of to my fifth grade class. A great gift for anyone with a kind of offbeat, sick sense of humor. I wish I had his gifts.
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This is one of his best. At least as good as Me Talk Pretty One Day, my personal favorite Sedaris title. Get the audio. You won't regret it. His delivery is spot on. My husband heard me giggling a lot while listening to this with headphones.
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