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This is one of those books I buy for friends all over the world with instructions: If you want to have a riotous laugh, read Tom Bodett's stories. He is at once poignant and hilarious.

This book is a collection of short essays by audiocolumnist Tom Bodett. The essays range from tools and how to use them, to fathering and environmentalism. Some are humorous, others intended in a more serious vein. The essays were originally written in the late 1980s, so a few of them are dated by now, but others are timeless.

I liked this book, it was pretty funny but not as funny and interesting as The End of the Road

After being introduced to Tom Bodett's work through the Norman Tuttle book, I looked forward to another set of his stories. I think I picked the wrong volume. Small Comforts was a big disappointment. I understand that it was a series of essays, but I still looked for, and found no consistency from one to the other. With few exceptions, these essays were not interesting nor enlightening. If you've never read Tom Bodett, I suggest you start with a different book. I'll give him another shot, but he's on thin ice with this one.