Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

2004 • 257 pages

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David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters.
He goes on vacation with his family.
He gets a job selling drinks.
He attends his brother’s wedding.
He mops his sister’s floor.
He gives directions to a lost traveler.
He eats a hamburger.
He has his blood sugar tested.

It all sounds so normal, doesn’t it?

In his newest collection of essays, David Sedaris lifts the corner of ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface. His world is alive with obscure desires and hidden motives — a world where forgiveness is automatic and an argument can be the highest form of love. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim is another unforgettable collection from one of the wittiest and most original writers at work today.

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This book was so much better than When You Are Engulfed in Flames. Literally laugh out loud funny, and I enjoyed, as always, Sedaris' stories about his family.

August 19, 2009
August 3, 2013

Incisive, hilarious and emotional, I just love David's voice on the page. Though in terms of his actual voice - David Sedaris does a mean Billie Holiday. I'm not kidding.

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