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Publisher: Time Warner Audio
Release Date: June 2004
ISBN: 1586215027
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Format Reviewed: Audio CD / unabridged edition - 6.5 hours / 5 CDs
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Genre: Fiction / literary / short stories
Reviewed: 2004
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
By David Sedaris

Read by David Sedaris

      David Sedaris, playwright and NPR commentator, returns with another collection of short stories for grownups. Sedaris creates childhood scenes of rebellion, love, misunderstanding, and more among families and friends. Through description, witty dialogue, and dry humor, the author reveals a distinctive view of growing up in middle class America. Some may consider it a literary version of TV’s “Malcom in the Middle” -- childhood dilemmas and a child’s lucid observations about immature grownups.

      Three stories stand out to me. In “Let it Snow,” a mom locks the rowdy kids out during a snow day. “The Ship Shape” shows kids watching the promise of a summer home shrink day by day. And the dad in “Full House” forces his son to join a slumber party, and the son realizes just how different he really is from the neighborhood jocks.

      David Sedaris reads the audio version of his book. The added inflections, especially those of the mother, are priceless.