The Land and Its People: Essays Emotional Self Help Many works on parenting and

Many works on parenting and families wind up re-inscribing hierarchies by declaring how kids should be liberated

tethered there by some unseen force

self-centered six-year-olds

But when the Islamic Center accidentally catches fire

No longer defined by her romantic pursuits

The Land and Its People: Essays Emotional Self Help Many works on parenting andIn The Land and Its People, his first new collection since Happy Go Lucky, David Sedaris reflects on what it means to be a foreigner, a brother, a lifelong friend. He tries on the role of caretaker after his boyfriend Hughs hip replacement surgery, and both succeeds and fails. He buys his sister a cape and discusses his brother with a jaded Duolingo bot. He walks dozens of miles with his friend Dawn and challenges her to eat a truck tire. Ever adding