“Truth, as it turns out, really is stranger than fiction.Funnier, too. And sadder. Messier, as well--and just generally richer and more interesting. At least, such is the case in Noelle Howey's wise and entertaining memoir Dress Codes. This book may not be what everyone has in mind when they extol ‘family values,' but rarely has the true value of family been so movingly and lovingly evoked.” —John Colapinto, author of As Nature Made Him:The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl

“With disarming honesty and startling lucidity Noelle Howey beautifully weaves together the stories of three people coming into themselves. Like life, Howey's frank, probing book is sexy and difficult, and painful and joyous.” —This be Nissen, author of The Good People of New York

“Tremendously gratifying, Dress Codes is both funny and entertaining, and purveys a vital social message: that there is not much more important than being at home in your body and mind.” —Amy Wilensky, author of Passing for Normal:A Memoir of Compulsion