A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

by Dave Eggers | Biographies & Memoirs |
ISBN: 0375725784 Global Overview for this book
Registered by timbuctou of Frederick, Maryland USA on 6/10/2007
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Journal Entry 1 by timbuctou from Frederick, Maryland USA on Sunday, June 10, 2007
Maybe it's not fiction. I don't know

Journal Entry 2 by timbuctou from Frederick, Maryland USA on Sunday, January 13, 2008
Glad I read this book. Written in a kind of stream of consciousness style but I got it. I even understand how the author came by this title. -- Probably in one of his flights of invincibility and power. Excellent, I think, and recommended for people who can take something not written in a traditional style.

The author's parents died of cancer within a few weeks of each other when he was 22. He moved to California with his older sister and younger brother (age 8 at the time) and wound up (with family support) being the primary adult in his brother's life. Think about that. But it's funny, crazy, and also full of emotion. It comes through the stream of consciousness style and the tangent craziness, just how scary and difficult this all was.

Wow.

Journal Entry 3 by Vapermom from Trenton, Ontario Canada on Friday, July 25, 2008
Received in the mail today

Journal Entry 4 by Vapermom from Trenton, Ontario Canada on Friday, August 1, 2008
I liked this book. Took a bit to really get into it because of the style of writing (It's like being right in his mind. It's tangent after tangent but I loved it)
Sending to a bookmooch.com member

Journal Entry 5 by Vapermom at -- wild released somewhere in Province, Ontario Canada on Friday, August 1, 2008

Released 15 yrs ago (8/1/2008 UTC) at -- wild released somewhere in Province, Ontario Canada

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