| You Remind Me of Me Lib/E Contributor(s): Chaon, Dan (Author), Soriero, Jim (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0792732634 ISBN-13: 9780792732631 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing OUR PRICE: $44.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: July 2004 Annotation: You Remind Me of Me begins with a series of striking events: In 1974, a little boy is savagely attacked by his mother's pet Doberman; more than twenty years later another little boy disappears without a trace from his grandmother's backyard; in 1966, a pregnant teenager admits herself to a maternity home; in 1991, a young man drifts toward a career as a drug dealer. Following the interlaced threads of these characters' lives, Chaon powerfully explores questions of identity, fate, and circumstance: Why do we become who we become? How do we find ourselves living lives we never wanted? And can we ever change the course of what seems inevitable? |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.56" H x 6.76" W x 6.56" (0.98 lbs) |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest |
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| Publisher Description: You Remind Me of Me begins with a series of separate incidents: In 1977, a little boy is savagely attacked by his mother's pet Doberman; in 1997, another little boy disappears from his grandmother's backyard on a sunny summer morning; in 1966, a pregnant teenager admits herself to a maternity home, with the intention of giving her child up for adoption; in 1991, a young man drifts toward a career as a drug dealer, even as he hopes for something better. With penetrating insight and a deep devotion to his characters, Dan Chaon explores the secret connections that irrevocably link them. In the process he examines questions of identity, fate, and circumstance: Why do we become the people that we become? How do we end up stuck in lives that we never wanted? Can we change the course of what seems inevitable? In language that is both unflinching and exquisite, Chaon moves deftly between the past and the present in the small-town prairie Midwest and shows us the extraordinary lives of ordinary people. |
Contributor Bio(s): Soriero, Jim: - Jim Soriero is originally from Pennsylvania. After moving to New York, he appeared in several television and film projects in minor roles and toured in the national company of West Side Story as both Baby John and Arab. His voice has been heard in documentaries, promos, narrations, and many television and radio commercials. Chaon, Dan: -Dan Chaon is the acclaimed author of Among the Missing, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and You Remind Me of Me, named one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Christian Science Monitor, and Entertainment Weekly, among other publications. Await Your Reply was a New York Times Notable Book and appeared on more than a dozen best-of-the-year lists;. He has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award in Fiction and was the recipient of the 2006 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He teaches at Oberlin College, where he is the Pauline M. Delaney Professor of Creative Writing. |