A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
- ISBN-10
- 1417632240
- ISBN-13
- 9781417632244
- Series
- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 437
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-02-01
- Publisher
- Turtleback Books
- Author
- Dave Eggers
Description
The moving memoir of a college senior who, in the space of five weeks, loses both of his parents to cancer and inherits his eight-year-old brother.
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- 2014-12-15
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- Paperback
- Pan Macmillan
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- 2013-02-12
- 416 pages
- Ebook
- Simon and Schuster
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