Navel Gazing: True Tales of Bodies, Mostly Mine (but also my mom’s, which I know sounds weird) Audiobook (Free)

New York Situations bestselling author and stand-up comedian Michael Ian Black (author of A Child’s First Reserve of Trump) delivers a “memorable and funny” (Kirkus Testimonials) memoir about confronting his hereditary legacy as he strikes his forties.

Black pulls zero punches within this hilariously honest memoir, a follow-up to the acclaimed You’re Not CARRYING IT OUT Best. When Michael’s mom receives a harrowing medical diagnosis, Michael starts a laugh-out-loud examination of health, happiness, and our body about Navel Gazing: Accurate Tales of Systems, Mostly Mine (but also my mom’s, that i know sounds weird) in the perspective of the settled (and sedentary) spouse and dad of two. With the trademark wit that has made Michael’s additional books well-known favorites, Navel Gazing is definitely a heartfelt and poignant memoir about arriving at terms with getting older as well as the inevitability of death. Additionally it is a self-deprecating and deliciously frank remembrance of workout failures, finding out he is part Neanderthal, and nearly throwing down with fellow writer Tucker Max.

Michael Ian Black may not have the perfect body. Or be the perfect father. Or husband. Or son. But you will have fun as you identify yourself in his efforts to accomplish better. And, inevitably, falling brief. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll call your mom.