Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

by David Sedaris

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.

• ISBN10: 0316010790
• ISBN13: 9780316010795
• Publish Date: 31 May 2005 (first published 1 January 2004)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Little, Brown & Company
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 272
• Language: English

Reviews

[Whitney @ First Impressions Reviews]

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim is my favorite book by David Sedaris. My favorite story in this book and probably all of the other books he's written is The Perfect Apartment. David and his boyfriend Hugh, who live in Paris because they can smoke anywhere without being given the evil eye need to find a new apartment as their landlord plans on giving it to his daughter one day. They become very depressed after looking at "slums" in the area and realize that nothing is better than the apartment they already have. To lift their spirits the take a weekend trip to Amsterdam and David finds the perfect apartment, the Anne Frank Annex! He goes though the secret annex as a designer remodeling as he goes. My favorite line in the short story is "Remember that wall with the movie stars on it--gone!"