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 "convincingly squeeze whole lives into a mere
twenty pages or so." 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 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?
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 "ordinary" people.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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