The Best of Me By David Sedaris

I have a very off-the-beaten-path sense of humor, probably unlike most people. When it comes to books, television shows and movies, I steer clear of anything silly, zany, wacky or foolish. I have never met a mime, clown or fart joke I ever liked. Specifically, the humor I love most is when David Sedaris writes about this mother and father. There is something about the phrases he uses to describe them, and the way he imitates their voices in his audio books, that cuts to the true core of what I think is funny. “The Best of Me” is collection of his previously published essays, hand-picked to highlight his 25-year-writing career. What this collection demonstrates is how much he enjoys and excels at writing about his family. Whether he is talking about his brother Paul’s dramatic weight loss, his sister Amy’s penchant for creating family spa days, or his sister Tiffany’s suicide, his essays make you laugh out loud and even cry, like most families tend to do to one and other. In addition to the essays about his family, there are fantastic stories culled from the airplane trips he often takes on his book tours. He takes the rude, swearing, ill-dressed passengers he meets on planes and turns them into stars of his essays. He mines their every mood and phrase for humor. He said recently one of his biggest laments of the pandemic is that he cannot travel, nor read his work out loud to audiences like he once did. He mused that he is not sure if his next book is funny yet, because he has not had the chance to read it out loud to an audience. Well, I for one, know it will be funny, and I will be the first one in line to buy it. Let other people read silly and zany books, I will pick Sedaris every time. To buy this book on Amazon click here.