I just got done reading The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint, which has a gem of a first sentence:

"If I could tell you only one thing about my life it would be this: when I was seven years old the mailman ran over my head."

Funny, poignant stuff. I think every 10th page is dogeared for some turn of phrase or wry observation.

Ends with a Filipino woman. [NOT A SPOILER, REALLY]

I turn 30 in 3 weeks. And this is what i want more than anything else: To establish contact with my Filipino/Spanish birthmother.