A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius
| author: Dave Eggers | shelved under: Fiction |
| date: 2000 | publisher: Picador |
| content type: book | |
| description: In Lake Forest, Illinois, Dave Eggers and his siblings, Bill, Beth and Toph (who is 13 years younger than his next-eldest sibling, Dave) endure the sudden death of their father due to lung cancer. Their mother dies a month later from stomach cancer after a long struggle.
Afterwards, Dave, Beth and Toph move to California. Bill, who does not play a large role in the plot, eventually moves to Los Angeles. The rest of the family live in the San Francisco Bay Area. | |
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