A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius
A Memoir Based on a True Story
Published: 13, February 2001
Author: Dave Eggers
Genres: Biographies & Memoir, Comedy & Humor, First Person Narrative, Satire
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Summary
Dave Eggers and his siblings, Bill, Beth, and Toph (who is 13 years younger than his next-eldest sibling, Dave), live in Lake Forest, Illinois, when their father dies suddenly from lung cancer. After a protracted battle, their mother dies a month later from stomach cancer.
Following that, Eggers, Beth, and Toph relocate to California. Bill, who plays a minor role in the story, finally relocates to Los Angeles. The remainder of the family resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Eggers and Toph start living on their own in a run-down, wild environment. Eggers oscillates between believing that his approach to parenting is deliberate and wonderfully crafted to raise Toph to be well-adjusted and fearing that his hands-off attitude and devotion to personal pursuits would cause Toph to be maladjusted. Eggers' personal attempts to live a regular life as a young adult typically entail quite routine meetings with women and drinking, but the author portrays them as strange. He feels robbed of his youth as a result of his parents' deaths and his responsibilities to care for Toph, and this feeds his pursuit of sex and recklessness.
In San Francisco, Eggers and his pals launch Might, an independent magazine, and become immersed in the Generation X milieu. The book depicts much of the magazine's history. In a twist on the concept of exhibitionism, Eggers auditions for MTV's The Real World.
Rating: 75/100
Recommended: 80/100 Yes.
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