yet another whimsical memoir by David Sedaris..

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	• Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim David Sedaris Little, Brown and Company, 2004 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 304 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Excellent! Highly recommended!

This book stood out on the shelf. At the time i purchased it i knew nothing of David's works and boy was I in for a surprise! Reading David's collections is one of those guilty pleasures you just cant describe to people. This book is by far one of my all time favorites. I look forward to his new title "when you are engulfed in flames".

Pleasing introduction

A copy of Dress Your Family etc was given to me by a friend, with an enthusiastic recommendation, and served a my intro to humorist Sedaris. A collection of family and daily life-based stories, some are LOL funny, some are poignant, and a few are merely snide. Among my favorites are the hilarious Dutch Christmas essay and final vignette, a tale about a carload of European tourist who stop at the Sedaris house in his French "willage", and David sees the contents of his home through their eyes. The other members of the Sedaris family, with the exception of his witty mom, could not be more different from David, and not only because he is gay. His knack for nail-on-the-head characterizations is outstanding, but he does not allow the comic aspects to obscure the human ones. Witty and wise without being preachy.

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another good book by David sedaris

This book is my Fav. of Sedaris. You feel like you are part of the family while reading this book. There are some very funny parts that had me laughing out loud. Enjoy

Worth Reading

This was my first Sedaris book. I didn't quite know what to make of it when I started reading it, but it grew on me. Sedaris has to grow on you. His books seem to be a compilation of short stories about his life...a strange life. Anything he writes is entertaining and he's a comfortable, easy-to-read writer. Recommend.

yet another whimsical memoir by David Sedaris..

David Sedaris, the lucky devil, has the rare knack of being able to produce humorous, well-written insights to everyday activity. It also helps that his everyday activity includes dealing with his somewhat peculiar family (...David Sedaris himself is a bit odd). In 'Dress Your Family...' we have a collection of somewhat random vignettes of his life. Again most of these are quite funny, sometimes down right hilarious. But unfortunately, a handful of them are somewhat dull or even a bit confusing. On balance the book is a lighthearted read that is likely to make David Sedaris fans of its readers.

Bottom line: recommended.

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Whether by nature or by nurture, Ma and Pa Sedaris certainly knew something about raising funny kids. Amy Sedaris has built a cult following for her Comedy Central character Jerri Blank, and David, the more famous of the two siblings, continues to spin his personal history into comedic gold. A good chunk of the material in Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim debuted in other media outlets, such as The New Yorker, but Sedaris's brilliantly written essays deserve repeat reads. Based on the author's descriptions, nearly every member of his family is funny, although some (like sister Tiffany, perhaps) in a tragic way. In "The Change in Me," Sedaris remembers that his mother was good at imitating people when it helped drive home her point. High-voiced, lovably plain-spoken brother Paul (aka The Rooster, Silly P) has long been a favorite character for Sedaris readers, though Paul's story takes on a serious note when his wife has a difficult pregnancy. The author doesn't shy away from embarrassing moments in his own life, either, including a childhood poker game that strays into strange, psychological territory.Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim provides more evidence that he is a great humorist, memoirist, and raconteur, and readers are lucky to have the opportunity to know him (and his clan) so well. His funny family feels like our own. Perhaps they are luckier still not to know him personally. --Leah Weathersby

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