The humorous Essays in the memoir, Is That The Shirt You\'re Wearing?, a 2018 Thurber Prize Semi-Finalist, are woven together by journal entries from two summers in the author\'s life when absolutely everything happened.
The Essays address a diverse range of topics, from Brakeman hating being called "Ma\'am" (and proposing a wonderful alternative), to accidentally teaching her seven year old daughter to swear; from discovering the perils of shopping in the loud and stinky Hollister stor.
The humorous Essays in the memoir, Is That The Shirt You\'re Wearing?, a 2018 Thurber Prize Semi-Finalist, are woven together by journal entries from two summers in the author\'s life when absolutely everything happened