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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

By: Dave Eggers
Narrated by: Dion Graham
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At the age of 22, David Eggers became both an orphan and a "single mother" when his parents died within five months of one another of unrelated cancers.

David is appointed unofficial guardian of his eight-year-old brother, Christopher. The two live together in semi-squalor, decaying food and sports equipment scattered about, while Eggers worries obsessively about child-welfare authorities, molesting babysitters, and his own health.

©2001 David ("Dave") K. Eggers (P)2010 Recorded Books LLC Biographies & Memoirs
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