A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius : A Memoir Based on a True Story - Eggers, Dave

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

Format: Trade Paperback

Published by Simon & Schuster, 2000

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is the unique, 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. In his distinctive style unlike any other memoir, Egger's story is an exhilarating debut that manages to be simultaneously hilarious and wildly inventive, as well as a deeply heartfelt story of the love that holds a family together.