A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius |
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| Author:
| Eggers, Dave |
| Series title: | Wheeler Large Print Book Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56895-909-2 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2000 |
| Publisher: | Cengage Gale
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| Imprint: | Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $28.95 |
Book Description:
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After his parents die, Dave Eggers finishes college and then moves to Berkeley with his little brother. Together they pretend to be parent and child, while eschewing cooking, cleaning, bill-paying, and neighbour-chatting. Instead, they prefer to wrestle in public and pelt each other with breakfast fruit. A highly personal look at an unconventional family, this memoir is also a dead-on account of the hoopla surrounding the Generation X hype of the early 1990's.
After his parents die, Dave Eggers finishes college and then moves to Berkeley with his little brother. Together they pretend to be parent and child, while eschewing cooking, cleaning, bill-paying, and neighbour-chatting. Instead, they prefer to wrestle in public and pelt each other with breakfast fruit. A highly personal look at an unconventional family, this memoir is also a dead-on account of the hoopla surrounding the Generation X hype of the early 1990's.