![]() In Sedaris’ story “In the Waiting Room,” he tells of how a language barrier-induced yes-man mentality results in his subjection to multiple medical procedures that ordinarily he might not have agreed to. I particularly love his stories about France, his homosexuality and his family. There isn’t a single story that doesn’t make me laugh out loud (which my sister can attest to, as she sat next to me while I was reading). ![]() His reflections turn the bizarre and sometimes scary scenarios into hilarious anecdotes. Sedaris writes about real-life, uncomfortable, and sometimes awkward situations and how he handles them. On our way home, his car drove next to ours and he waved at us. He tested us on a couple of words and then our conversation wrapped up. ![]() Sophie and I went to Academie Lafayette, a full-immersion French K-8 charter school in KCMO, for grade school, so we’re fluent in French. As he gave us some bracelets and signed our books we got to chatting about France, where he and his boyfriend Hugh live. My mom, my friend Sophie and I got to Rainy Day Books around six at night and as absolute last people in line, met him around two-thirty in the morning. ![]()
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