Navel Gazing
True Tales of Bodies, Mostly Mine (but also my mom's, which I know sounds weird)
Michael Ian Black
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- and
- stand-up
- comedian
- Michael
- Ian
- Black
- (author
- of
- A
- Child’s
- First
- Book
- of
- Trump)
- delivers
- a
- “memorable
- and
- funny”
- (Kirkus
- Reviews)
- memoir
- about
- confronting
- his
- genetic
- legacy
- as
- he
- hits
- his
- forties.Black
- pulls
- no
- punches
- in
- this
- hilariously
- honest
- memoir,
- a
- follow-up
- to
- the
- acclaimed
- You’re
- Not
- Doing
- It
- Right.
- When
- Michael’s
- mother
- receives
- a
- harrowing
- medical
- diagnosis,
- Michael
- begins
- a
- laugh-out-loud
- examination
- of
- health,
- happiness,
- and
- the
- human
- body
- from
- the
- perspective
- of
- a
- settled
- (and
- sedentary)
- husband
- and
- father
- of
- two.
- With
- the
- trademark
- wit
- that
- has
- made
- Michael’s
- other
- books
- popular
- favorites,
- Navel
- Gazing
- is
- a
- heartfelt
- and
- poignant
- memoir
- about
- coming
- to
- terms
- with
- growing
- older
- and
- the
- inevitability
- of
- death.
- It
- is
- also
- a
- self-deprecating
- and
- deliciously
- frank
- remembrance
- of
- exercise
- failures,
- finding
- out
- he
- is
- part
- Neanderthal,
- and
- almost
- throwing
- down
- with
- fellow
- author
- Tucker
- Max.Michael
- Ian
- Black
- may
- not
- have
- the
- perfect
- body.
- Or
- be
- the
- perfect
- father.
- Or
- husband.
- Or
- son.
- But
- you
- will
- laugh
- as
- you
- recognize
- yourself
- in
- his
- attempts
- to
- do
- better.
- And,
- inevitably,
- falling
- short.
- You’ll
- laugh,
- you’ll
- cry,
- you’ll
- call
- your mom.
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