Will Not Attend: Lively Stories of Detachment and Isolation
Beginning when he was in elementary school and jumping around through childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, these 15 essays by the Emmy Award–winning Resnick provide a loose commentary on his life.  His self-deprecating humor quite often lashes out at other people, such as his family, teachers, neighbors, and people he sees on the street.  Resnick has a way of looking at life that will provoke lots of laughter, shame in the reader for laughing, and acute appreciation of Resnick’s OCD-fueled exaggerations.  The essays reveal the potty-mouthed, definitely not politically correct, and totally opinionated author at the top of his game.  He takes on Disneyland and the Disney philosophy with gusto while on the side using a family trip to destroy the relationship with his sister-in-law.  His take on junk food is priceless (“Only a narcissistic asshole would consider his body a temple”). Readers will relish this book. Buy plenty. --Ellen Loughran