True story in a family-owned party store: Two clerks called in sick on a Saturday morning when the family knew they were going to have an extremely busy day, so the father, who was now retired, came in to work. The first thing he did was make new signs for the store's glass-enclosed deli case by writing the name of each food in all capital letters. Seven hours later, one of the clerks looked inside the deli case and screamed in horror. The new sign for the crab salad read, CRAP SALAD. "No wonder we haven't sold any crab salad all day!" she said.

That's just one of the true, funny stories in the new humor book people are talking about, Truth is Funnier Than Fiction.

"Truth is stranger than fiction," people say. Longtime journalist Nancie Hudson thinks that truth is funnier than fiction. She's interviewed hundreds of people during her career, and in Truth is Funnier Than Fiction, she tells all of the truly funny stories people have told her.

This delightful collection of humorous essays and true stories explores the hilarious things that happen to real people in everyday life. The funniest things happen when you're doing ordinary things, like buying a new car, starting a new job, or going on vacation.

Truth is Funnier Than Fiction is the perfect gift for your family and friends, because it's the kind of universal, laugh-out-loud humor that everyone enjoys.

Because comical mishaps, misunderstandings and misadventures are always funny — as long as they aren't happening to you.