Darkly funny personal essays on family, aging, and mortality, set partly at Sedaris’s Carolina beach house.
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Darkly funny personal essays on family, aging, and mortality, set partly at Sedaris’s Carolina beach house.
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David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book. If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And life at the Sea Section, as he names the vacation home, is exactly as idyllic as he ...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Long-term partnership with Hugh mentioned; no explicit sexual content
Violence & gore
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No violence or gore depicted
Profanity
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Occasional strong language in candid, darkly comic essays
Substance use
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Mother’s alcoholism discussed; social drinking recurs throughout
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Author’s gay identity and partner Hugh are central throughout
Religious content
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Brief cultural references to religion and blessed-day greetings
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Trump-era politics and cultural commentary in several essays
Self-harm / suicide
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Frank discussions of sister Tiffany’s suicide in multiple essays
Abuse & suffering
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Family dysfunction, poverty, and painful past dynamics referenced
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