A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based on a True Story by Dave Eggers

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based on a True Story

Dave Eggers with Dion Graham

13 hours, 30 minutes first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction contemporary funny reflective slow-paced
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'When you read his extraordinary memoir you don't laugh, then cry, then laugh again; you somehow experience these emotions all at once.'"Well, this was when Bill was sighing a lot. He had decided that after our parents died he just didn't want any...

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Moods

funny 71%
emotional 67%
reflective 63%
dark 44%
sad 42%
challenging 31%
lighthearted 15%
hopeful 14%
adventurous 11%
inspiring 11%
tense 7%

Pace

medium 49%
slow 43%
fast 6%

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