Get Ready for the Holidays by Reading & Discussing Some David Sedaris
The Book Nook invites all readers to join our lively non-fiction book club for a Christmas holiday appropriate book, David Sedaris' collection of holiday themed essays entitled HOLIDAYS ON ICE.
To give you a sense of the humorous and surreal writing style of David Sedaris, here is a short excerpt from the first essay in the collection, SantaLand Diaries (published in the NYTimes):
"In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of forms, took a multiple choice personality test, underwent two interviews, and submitted urine for a drug test. The first interview was general, designed to eliminate the obvious sociopaths. During the second interview we were asked when we wanted to be elves. This is always a problem question. I listened as the woman ahead of me, a former waitress, answered the question, saying, "I really want to be an elf? Because I think it's about acting? And before this I worked in a restaurant? Which was run by this rally wonderful woman who had a dream to open a restaurant? And it made me realize that it's really really ... important to have a ... dream?"
And don't forget to get your tickets to see David Sedaris at the Paramount Theatre in Rutland on November 22nd.
Copies of HOLIDAYS ON ICE are available at The Book Nook at a 15% discount. The roundtable discussion will start at 6pm on Tuesday December 17. There will be snacks.
All are welcome to join the discussion. Please RSVP at 802-228-3238 or send email to scott@thebooknookvt.com.