A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius

Dave Eggers

A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius

Dave Eggers

375 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction contemporary funny reflective slow-paced
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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 tog...

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Moods

funny 71%
emotional 66%
reflective 62%
dark 44%
sad 42%
challenging 31%
lighthearted 15%
hopeful 13%
adventurous 11%
inspiring 11%
tense 6%

Pace

medium 48%
slow 44%
fast 6%

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