If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young by Kurt Vonnegut
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
A brief, heartwarming collection of Vonnegut's college graduation speeches ably narrated by Scott Brick. Some repetition is, perhaps, inevitable, but I am surprised at how varied these brief speeches are. Vonnegut obviously felt it fun and important to tweak these newly minted minds before they headed out into the world. I thought it was interesting this curmudgeonly, dismissive, stoic humanist thought taking time to smell the roses and being part of a big, noisy family were so important to happiness. It was also generous of him to speak kindly of his son's memoir [b:The Eden Express|63716|The Eden Express|Mark Vonnegut|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1359525451s/63716.jpg|28720], which does not paint Vonnegut pere in a kind light.
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