A heartbreaking work of staggering genius, by Dave Eggers
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A heartbreaking work of staggering genius, by Dave Eggers
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eng
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individual biography
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illustrations
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non fiction
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A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
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2679641
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by Dave Eggers
Summary
The first book by Dave Eggers is this groundbreaking memoir recounting the author's extraordinary experiences becoming guardian to his eight-year-old brother. While a senior in college, both of Eggers' parents die of cancer within five weeks of each other, and Eggers becomes the primary caregiver for his young brother Toph. The family, including Eggers' two older siblings, relocates from Chicago to Berkeley, and the cultural shocks are many and hilarious
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