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When you are engulfed in flames / by David Sedaris.
Once again, David Sedaris brings together a collection of essays so uproariously funny and profoundly moving that his legions of fans will fall for him once more. He tests the limits of love when Hugh lances a boil from his backside, and pushes the boundaries of laziness when, finding the water shut off in his house in Normandy, he looks to the water in a vase of fresh cut flowers to fill the coffee machine. From armoring the windows with LP covers to protect the house from neurotic songbirds to the awkwardness of having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a sleeping fellow passenger on a plane, David Sedaris uses life's most bizarre moments to reach new heights in understanding love and fear, family and strangers. Culminating in a brilliantly funny account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, David Sedaris's sixth essay collection will be avidly anticipated.--From publisher description.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316143479
- Physical Description: 323 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York, NY : Little, Brown, 2008.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | It's catching -- Keeping up -- The understudy -- This old house -- Buddy, can you spare a tie? -- Road trips -- What I learned -- That's amore -- The monster mash -- In the waiting room -- Solution to Saturday's puzzle -- Adult figures charging toward a concrete toadstool -- Momento mori -- All the beauty you will ever need -- Town and country -- Aerial -- The man in the hut -- Of mice and men -- April in Paris -- Crybaby -- Old faithful -- The smoking section. |
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| Subject: | Humorous stories, American. |
Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.
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- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allentown Public Library | 814.6 SEDA (Text) | 34455005204348 | Adult Nonfiction 1st FL | Available | - |
| Bethlehem Main Library | 814.6 (Text) | 33062009112088 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bethlehem South Side Branch | 814.6 (Text) | 33062006743315 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Easton Main Library | 814 S447w (Text) | 31901003216894 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
