You Remind Me of Me

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You Remind Me of Me

With his critically acclaimed Among the Missing and Fitting Ends, award-winning author Dan Chaon proved himself a master of the short story form. He is a writer, observes the Chicago Tribune, who can â€œconvincingly squeeze whole lives into a mere twenty pages or so.â€ Now Chaon marshals his notable talents in his much-anticipated debut novel.

You Remind Me of Me begins with a series of separate incidents: In 1977, a little boy is savagely attacked by his motherâ€™s pet Doberman; in 1997 another little boy disappears from his grandmotherâ€™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? And 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 â€œordinaryâ€ people.

Country	USA
Author	Dan Chaon
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9780345441416
ISBN	0345441419
Label	Ballantine Books
Manufacturer	Ballantine Books
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	356
PublicationDate	2004-05-25
Publisher	Ballantine Books
ReleaseDate	2004-05-25
Studio	Ballantine Books

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