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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.
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Comic, contemporary, spare and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- David Sedaris
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 257
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio, Little, Brown, Maṭar
- Editions
- 32
- Language
- Dutch, Italian, German, heb
- ISBN
- 9780316010795
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“When my family first moved to North Carolina, we lived in a rented house three blocks from the school where I would begin the third grade.”
David Raymond Sedaris is an American humorist, comedian, author, and radio contributor
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