Dab Kinzer

At the Kinzer wedding, Dabney Kinzer is so transformed by his first properly fitted suit that an old friend asks whether Mr. Dabney Kinzer is even there. For a boy who has spent years outgrowing his clothes—and fighting his shoes—it is a triumph with an expiration date.

On a Long Island farm where the family seems to grow plumper as Dab grows taller, fifteen-year-old Dabney is forever mistaken for someone older—and expected to live up to those extra years. With his mother’s house crowded for his sister Miranda’s wedding, even getting him dressed becomes a family problem. Hamilton Morris, Miranda’s quiet fiancé, steps in with a tailor, a new suit, and the promise of shoes that might actually fit. But Dab knows the trouble with growing: today’s perfect fit may not last. How long can he enjoy looking like the young man everyone thinks he ought to be?

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