: Sedaris recounts finding a damp, coverless book hidden in the woods as a teenager. The book, a melodramatic tale about a family called the Rivers, deeply "infected" his own family, leading them to adopt the dialogue and mannerisms of the characters.
The association comes primarily from Episode 137: The Book That Changed Your Life , which first aired in 1999. In this episode, Ira Glass introduces a story by writer David Sedaris titled "." outside teens naked ira
: His story begins with him as a teenager discovering a book while wandering "outside" in the woods. : Sedaris recounts finding a damp, coverless book