In “Company Man,” the first short story in David Sedaris’ new collection Calypso, he asserts the only real perk to middle age is “with luck, you’ll acquire a guest room” – either by default because the kids have moved out, or in his case by the good fortune of having upgraded to a bigger house.
The Van Zandt residence in Barnegat Light was designed to accommodate multiple generations and provide plenty of together or separate space. (Photo courtesy Sam Gordon)
To a 40-year-old reader who just happens to have had her second baby and purchased her first home in the midst of a global pandemic, days before the stay-at-home order went into effect, Sedaris’…
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