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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Dave Eggers

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Dave Egger's parents died from cancer within a month of each other when he was 21 and his brother, Christopher, was seven. They left the Chicago suburb where they had grown up and moved to San Francisco. This book tells the story of their life together.

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2000 Guardian First Book Award

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