Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

Description

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.

First Sentence

When my family first moved to North Carolina, we lived in a rented house three blocks from the school where I would begin the third grade.

Excerpt

When my family first moved to North Carolina, we lived in a rented house three blocks from the school where I would begin the third grade.

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Other Editions

• Dress Your Family in Corduroy and DenimPaperbackBack Bay Books2005-05-01
• Dress Your Family in Corduroy and DenimLittle Brown & Company2004-01-01
• Dress Your Family in Corduroy and DenimHardcoverThorndike Press2004-01-01
• NachtprogrammHardcoverWilhelm Heyne Verlag2004-01-01
• Dress Your Family in Corduroy and DenimLittle, Brown Book Group Limited2004-01-01
• Dress Your Family in Corduroy and DenimHardcoverLittle, Brown and Company2004-01-01