A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, 2001.
ISBN
9780375725784, 0375725784
Lexile measure
1050L
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Clarendon Hills Public Library - Stacks818.54 EGGOn hold for someone
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, 2001.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xviii, 437 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780375725784, 0375725784
UPC
9780375725784
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 6.1, 21 Points
Lexile measure
1050

Notes

General Note
"First Vintage Books Edition: February 2001"--Title page verso.
General Note
"Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form in the United States by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2000"--Title page verso.
General Note
This edition does not contain additional work, with added title page: Mistakes we knew we were making, addendum bound upside down.
General Note
"Pulitzer Prize Finalist"--Cover.
Description
A 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. Here 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.
Target Audience
1050L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,6.1,21,74907.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Eggers, D. (2001). A heartbreaking work of staggering genius (First Vintage books edition.). Vintage Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Eggers, Dave. 2001. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Vintage Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Eggers, Dave. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Vintage Books, 2001.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Eggers, Dave. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius First Vintage books edition., Vintage Books, 2001.

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