I just finished the book Holiday Inn by Kevin Kling. I found out about this book because my mom and Kevin were friends in college. They both majored in theater, so they did a lot of shows together. Kevin Kling is a story-teller and a very good actor. I love the way he writes, because it honestly sounds like someone who is just telling a story verbally. Also, he his hilarious. All his stories are about his childhood, and the crazy things that he did with his brother and sister. He was quite the problem child. My favorite story was probably when he explaining one time when he was in the grocery store with his brother and his mom, and he and his brother were holding onto the edges of the cart and standing on the little metal platform that is below it, and Kevin decides to jump off the side so the cart will fall on his little brother. Of course, gravity is on Kevin's side and the cart tips right on top of his brother! He starts to cry, so his mother tells him that he can carry around the Thanksgiving turkey that they just bought. His little brother asks "Is it my turkey now?" and his mother says yes. The next week, at Thanksgiving, nobody in the family can find the turkey. That's when Kevin's little brother explains that he's been keeping it under his bed so that nobody would steal "his turkey."
Another thing I love in this book is the way Kevin Kling quotes his dad. My favorite quote is probably when Kevin is going off to college and his dad stops him at the door and says, "Kevin, don't get killed just 'cause you know know how."
You should really read this book. It's laugh-out-loud funny at times, and it teaches a lot of lessons about the importance of family.