A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius
By Dave Eggers
- Release Date: 2013-02-12
- Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Description
Pulitzer Prize Finalist
From the bestselling author of The Circle and The Eyes and the Impossibles comes the “profoundly moving, occasionally angry, and often hilarious” (The New York Times Book Review) memoir chronicling Dave Eggers’s life after losing both of his parents within a span of five weeks.
When twenty-one-year-old Dave Eggers loses both of his parents within weeks of each other, he suddenly becomes the primary caregiver to his eight-year-old brother, Toph. What follows is a wild, imaginative, and brutally honest account of growing up too soon.
Brimming with unconventional humor, poignant reflection, and unique narrative flair, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is more than just a memoir. Eggers manages to turn his story of grief into a fearless exploration of what it means to survive, to hold a family together, and tell your story on your own terms.
Reviews
Wonderful
5By Sean CairneWish there were more books like this. Couldn’t put it down.Horrible
1By misskittymontanaI must be missing something. One of the worst books I've ever read. Forced myself to finish, thinking it must get better, nope.Wow!
5By OG SnowflakeDave, if you read these reviews: many many people are out here ready to be the lattice. Readers: this is a great book. Never read another one like it.Honestly the best modern book I've read
5By Jeff DixonThis is probably as close as we've gotten to the great American novel since huckleberry FinnExcellent
5By Aliette H. CarolanStarts off a bit slow but once it picks up it's hard to put down.
