What an interesting book. This was my first experience with David Sedaris. Last month, my book club read another book of his, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, and i didn’t get it from the library in time. However, i did go ahead and read this book because i’d heard good things about it.
I loved the format. Short essays or stories about his life. One neat thing about David Sedaris is that he grew up in Raleigh, NC, which is of course, where i live. So when his stories touch on that era of his life, it’s a treat to get to see Raleigh through someone else’s eyes.
Dress Your Family seemed to focus a lot on his childhood. Many of the stories were amusing, and i loved how there were so many inside jokes that persisted throughout the book in later stories. Families are like that. It was fun experiencing those pieces of his life.