"You have to swear you will never repeat this."

David Sedaris, crackerjack humorist and storyteller claims his word means nothing and tells all in his bestselling book, DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM.

From his brother with the purported Dick Do disease to the sister with the rickshaw (who refers to him as "Fairy Poppins"), the boy who once spent his weekends making banana muffins tells all, plus some.

There was his mother who decided to go on a bender and lock them all out on a cold winter's day to say nothing of his father, the Slumus Lordicus, who dressed in dirty shorts, drank beer from the can and embarrassed Sedaris to no end.  Mr. Tomkey, rich Aunt Mildred, gay cousin Phillip, crazy Martin (whack, whack, whack), the little girl next door
-- no one, including David himself, escapes in this hilarious series of essays.

I found the humor to be natural, not forced and I haven't read anything as silly and hilariously realistic since reading Cheaper by the Dozen.  Sedaris has discovered the true underpinnings of real life and spun them into a series of essays we can laugh and cry with all in the same breath.  Just don't tell him any stories you don't want repeated lest you find yourself in the pages of a future book!