Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

English

ISBN: 0316143464

EAN: 9780316143462

Category: Humor / Form / Essays

Publisher: Little Brown & Company

Release Date: 05/30/2004

Synopsis: 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 Sedariss brilliantly written essays deserve repeat reads. Based on the authors 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 Pauls story takes on a serious note when his wife has a difficult pregnancy. The author doesnt 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

Awards: Lambda Literary Awards – null  Lambda Literary Awards – null  Lambda Literary Awards – null 

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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.0 inches

Width: 5.75 inches

Length: 8.5 inches

Weight: 13.47 oz

Pages: 272