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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Author: David Sedaris
In this phenomenal #1 bestseller, 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? — Yet ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780316010795
ISBN-10: 0316010790
Publication Date: 5/31/2005
Pages: 272
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 603 ratings
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 0
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greta avatar reviewed Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim on + 2 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 8
David Sedaris has an entertaining perspective on life and can be especially endearing if your dad is of Greek ancestry, if you like France and its capital and if you are sympathetic to the gay experience. While I wouldn't pass this book on to my daughters or mother for fear they would think I have a sick sense of humor, I will recommend to my husband and other male and female adult friends.
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Helpful Score: 4
This book contains my very favorite Dave Sedaris story, "Six to Eight Black Men." While the rest of the stories are wonderfully funny and always well-written, you should read this book if for no other reason than that story, "Six to Eight Black Men."

On a separate note, in order to fully enjoy a David Sedaris book, I recommend getting a book on tape/CD from your library or here, etc. and listening to a couple stories. David Sedaris reads all of his books on tape himself, and his unique voice makes the stories EVEN BETTER. Once you hear his voice in a couple stories, you will forever hear his voice as you read his books, making the experience even more enjoyable.
reviewed Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim on + 300 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Some of this is amusing, some is pretty raw. Some is a little of both! LOL
cyall8tr avatar reviewed Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim on + 44 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
MR. SEDARIS STRIKES AGAIN
If you think you have a weird family, do yourself a favor and read this author's books. You'll never complain again. This is a genuine poster family for dysFUNctional. I've read all Mr. Sedaris' books and never fail to be amazed that his family still talks to him.
reviewed Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim on + 15 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
What's not to love? You'll laugh out loud without reservation!
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reviewed Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim on + 3 more book reviews
This is a fabulous little read- David Sedaris has such a wonderfully fun way of portraying life.
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The quality of Sedaris' writing is as good as always, however, I was not very interested in the subject matter.
reviewed Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim on + 2 more book reviews
This is a very realistic, funny view on the typical american life.
reviewed Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim on + 23 more book reviews
I didn't really enjoy the book. It was recommended to me by a person I'd exchanged books with. There were some fun essays, but mostly it was depressing, way too gay.
reviewed Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim on + 77 more book reviews
David Sedaris makes me laugh. I liked "Me Talk Pretty Someday" better. That was the first book of his that I read. His chapters on learning French had me uncontrollably giggling to tears. I still think about his experience on that subject and smile.

Maybe I was sometimes reading while asleep, but I never found the corduroy and denim connection...

I will definitely read more of David Sedaris.
reviewed Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim on + 18 more book reviews
David Sedaris cracks me up. Very funny short stories about his family life, travels, and being a writer. They are not without their more serious lessons, however. I often sit back and contemplate what the Sedaris family was like with David and Amy as siblings, among the others. What did their parents do to create such creative, eccentric, endearing children? They ought to bottle it as a anti-boredom elixir. Thank you, David, for being YOU.
grinky22 avatar reviewed Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim on + 7 more book reviews
Mostly hilarious with a little bit of creepy which I could have done without- but on balance worth a read.
pommesdeterre8 avatar reviewed Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim on
honestly, not as funny as "when you are engulfed in flames" but still very funny. I def. recommend this book.
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OK, but I laughed aloud constantly while reading Me Talk Pretty One Day, and this book only had one chapter that really had me rolling...
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Funny - quick read.
reviewed Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim on + 14 more book reviews
Funny! Sedaris is a great storyteller.
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I loved this audio! I actually laughed out loud quite a few times while driving through traffic! Will definitely look for more from this author.


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