An uproariously funny examination of what one generation
can
teach to another—or not—from the Pulitzer Prize winner
and
New York Times–bestselling author of You Can Date
Boys When
You’re Forty and Insane City.
During the course of living (mumble, mumble) years, Dave
Barry has gained much wisdom* (*actual wisdom not
guaranteed) and he is eager to pass it on—to the next
generation, the generation after that, and to those
idiots
who make driving to the grocery store in Florida a
death-defying experience.
In brilliant, brand-new, never-before-published pieces,
Dave
passes on home truths to his new grandson and to his
daughter, Sophie (who will be getting her learner’s
permit
in 2015, the thought of which scares Dave silly). He
explores the hometown of his youth, when all the men went
to
the city in suits and hats but still seemed to be having
un-Mad Men-like fun, and how they turned into the
neurotic
hover-parents of today. He dives into everything from
Google
Glass (bottom line: “You feel like an idiot”) to why men
hate birthdays and anniversaries; from How to Speak
Spanish
to firsthand accounts of the soccer craziness of Brazil
and
the just-plain-crazy craziness of Putin’s Russia, and a
lot
more besides.
By the end, if you do not feel wiser, richer in
knowledge,
and more attuned to the universe-it wouldn’t be
surprising.
But you’ll have had a lot to laugh about!
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