Books like Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
12 books with a reading profile close to Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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Naked
memoir, narrative
Naked is a collection of autobiographical essays that trace David Sedaris’s life from his childhood in North Carolina through his early adulthood as a struggling artist.
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Orange Is the New Black
by Piper Kerman
memoir, narrative
Piper Kerman recounts the year she spent in a minimum-security federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut, following a decade-old conviction for drug money laundering.
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Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
memoir, narrative
Deborah Rodriguez, an American hairdresser from Michigan, traveled to Afghanistan in 2002 as part of a humanitarian aid mission following the fall of the Taliban.
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The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
memoir, narrative
Jennifer Worth recounts her experiences as a district nurse and midwife in London’s East End during the 1950s.
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5
Me Talk Pretty One Day
memoir, narrative
David Sedaris organizes this collection around his move from New York to Normandy and the resulting linguistic displacement.
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Geisha, a Life
memoir, narrative
Mineko Iwasaki provides a factual account of her career as a geiko in Kyoto’s Gion district, a role that required mastery of classical Japanese dance and rigorous social etiquette.
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Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
memoir, narrative
Stephanie Land documents her years spent cleaning private homes across the Pacific Northwest while raising her young daughter as a single parent.
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
memoir, narrative
Caitlin Doughty recounts her entry into the funeral industry, specifically her time spent operating the retorts at West Laurel Cemetery in Oakland.
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Raising Hare: A Memoir
by Chloe Dalton
memoir, narrative
During a period of isolation in the British countryside, Chloe Dalton discovered an orphaned leveret and began a meticulous process of hand-rearing the wild creature.
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A Girl Named Zippy
by Haven Kimmel
memoir, narrative
Haven Kimmel recounts her childhood in Mooreland, Indiana, a town of three hundred people during the 1960s and 70s.
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Eat a Peach
by David Chang
memoir, narrative
David Chang charts his path from a struggling noodle shop owner to the founder of the Momofuku restaurant empire.
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