Me Talk Pretty One Day

I'm reading this book that my mom got me for Christmas, Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris. It took me a few chapters to realize it was not really a novel but more a collection of chapters of Sedaris' life... it is so funny sometimes! I just finished reading the chapter that the book is named for. In this chapter he is studying french in France with an ego-maniacal teacher. The class is talking about holidays and a muslim person asks what Easter is all about. The class goes about explaining the holiday, in broken french, "...he call his self Jesus and he die one day... on two ... morsels of... lumber."

The members of his class end up counseling and coaching each other: "Sometime me cry alone at night." "That be common for I, also. But be more strong, you. Much work and someday you talk pretty. People start love you soon. Maybe tomorrow, okay."

I love it! There is much more in the book, obviously, but me not want plagiarize lot much.