Book Log 2020 #68: Calypso by David Sedaris

This collection of essays proves that you can't go home again. Sedaris purchases a vacation home in North Carolina as a place where his siblings and their dad can get together and relax while enjoying each other's company, but it doesn't quite work out as planned. Themes of aging and mortality run through the collection, from essays recounting age-related medical issues to the passing of Sedaris's mother and sister.

As you might imagine the tone of the book is a bit more subdued, with significant helpings of melancholy and nostalgia. There is still plenty of wit and humor, though, which offsets the heavier emotions that come into play. It does make for a more thoughtful collection of essays, I think, especially if the reader is getting to a certain age.