Summary of David Sedaris's The Best of Me

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Get the Summary of David Sedaris's The Best of Me in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.Original book introduction: But if all you expect to find in Sedaris's work is the deft and sharply observed comedy for which he became renowned, you may be surprised to discover that his words bring more warmth than mockery, more fellow-feeling than derision. Nowhere is this clearer than in his writing about his loved ones. In these pages, Sedaris explores falling in love and staying together, recognizing his own aging not in the mirror but in the faces of his siblings, losing one parent and coming to terms-at long last-with the other.

Taken together, the stories in TheBest of Me reveal the wonder and delight Sedaris takes in the surprises life brings him. No experience, he sees, is quite as he expected-it's often harder, more fraught, and certainly weirder-but sometimes it is also much richer and more wonderful.

Full of joy, generosity, and the incisive humor that has led David Sedaris to be called "the funniest man alive" (Time Out New York), The Best of Me spans a career spent watching and learning and laughing-quite often at himself-and invites readers deep into the world of one of the most brilliant and original writers of our time.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Feb 21, 2021
• ISBN: 9781638154068

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Summary of David Sedaris’s The Best of Me

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Contents

Overview

Insights

Author’s Style

Author’s Perspective

Overview

David Sedaris’s writing is so unique, some consider it to be its own genre. He is known for deeply confessional stories that double as commentaries on the outside world, told in a way that makes it impossible not to laugh. The Best of Me (2020) is a collection of essays that are, well, the best of him.