A potent mix of humor, grief, and unconventional storytelling, 'A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius' is Dave Eggers's intensely personal memoir that captures the chaos and love of a family redefined by tragedy. At 22, Eggers's life is upended when both parents succumb to cancer within weeks of each other, leaving him as the unlikely guardian to his spirited little brother, Toph. Thrust into the role of parent, brother, and family anchor, Eggers navigates the whirlwind of social services, adulthood, and the frenzied pop culture landscape of the 90s. Beyond the story of two brothers bound by loss and their own quirky resilience, this narrative exhilarates and devastates with a raw examination of the human endeavor to make sense of the senseless. With added revelations and unabashed reflections, Eggers takes readers on a ride that oscillates between the riotously funny and the deeply profound.