Naked

This is my first time to read David Sedaris. His books are collections of essays about his life. Naked begins with his childhood memory of finding his mother crying because she is pregnant with her sixth child. David bribes her for money to be an extra helping hand around the house. Naked ends in his adulthood with an experience at a nudist trailer park where he discovers the importance of towels. This book is hilarious, even when David is exposing painful memories of his dysfunctional family. In one scene he is talking to his mother on the phone and says "I love you". She promptly replies "I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that" and lights a cigarette. I burst out laughing.