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A review by bookishblond
Calypso by David Sedaris
4.0
Yay, a new David Sedaris book!
In Calypso, David Sedaris tells us about
-That time his sister Gretchen's prescription medication made her walk and eat in her sleep. Sometimes she just eats cold leftover turkey, but other times she eats turtle food (i.e. logs of dried dead flies) and poinsettia petals (aren't those poisonous?)
-David's Fitbit obsession (what he doesn't tell us is that while he's walking all those miles in the English countryside, he picks up trash. And he picked up so much trash last year that the queen invited him and other British do-gooders for tea)
-The turtles who live near his North Carolina beach house, especially the big turtle with the tumor on his head
-David's own tumor and what he does with it
-Lots of weird people David observed on various airplanes
-That time James Comey was staying at a beach house a few houses down
David Sedaris can make me belly laugh so hard I get cramps. I was expecting that. What I wasn't expecting from this book was
-David's dad. We already know and love his late mother from his other books, but now, in his old age (he's 92!), we get to know and love David's dad, too
-His sister Tiffany. This book marks the first time he's written extensively about this sister, who died a few years ago.
-His own mortality. David writes about his middle-agedness with candor.
I read this book in a single afternoon. I laughed (a lot) and even teared up a bit. Every new book from David Sedaris is a gift, and I will eagerly be waiting for more!
In Calypso, David Sedaris tells us about
-That time his sister Gretchen's prescription medication made her walk and eat in her sleep. Sometimes she just eats cold leftover turkey, but other times she eats turtle food (i.e. logs of dried dead flies) and poinsettia petals (aren't those poisonous?)
-David's Fitbit obsession (what he doesn't tell us is that while he's walking all those miles in the English countryside, he picks up trash. And he picked up so much trash last year that the queen invited him and other British do-gooders for tea)
-The turtles who live near his North Carolina beach house, especially the big turtle with the tumor on his head
-David's own tumor and what he does with it
-Lots of weird people David observed on various airplanes
-That time James Comey was staying at a beach house a few houses down
David Sedaris can make me belly laugh so hard I get cramps. I was expecting that. What I wasn't expecting from this book was
-David's dad. We already know and love his late mother from his other books, but now, in his old age (he's 92!), we get to know and love David's dad, too
-His sister Tiffany. This book marks the first time he's written extensively about this sister, who died a few years ago.
-His own mortality. David writes about his middle-agedness with candor.
I read this book in a single afternoon. I laughed (a lot) and even teared up a bit. Every new book from David Sedaris is a gift, and I will eagerly be waiting for more!