You Remind Me of Me - Softcover

Chaon, Dan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0719565413 ISBN 13: 9780719565410

Publisher: John Murray, 2006

Synopsis

Jonah Doyle is six years old. He lives with his mother, his grandfather and their dog Elizabeth in a yellow house in South Dakota. It is a house full of tensions, for Jonah's grandfather is old and tired, and his mother often doesn't want to talk at all. And then one sunny day in early spring, when the snow has mostly melted, a terrible accident occurs that will change the course of Jonah's life.

That same spring, hundreds of miles away, Troy Timmens is growing up in a very different world. He spends his afternoons at his cousins' house, watching older teenagers smoking marijuana, pretending to be uninterested. When he is ten, he receives his first kiss. When asked how it feels to be adopted, he hardly knows how to answer, for he rarely thinks about it. He is perfectly happy with his life as it is.

Over the course of this spellbinding novel, the secret connections that link Troy and Jonah are gradually revealed. You Remind Me of Me is an unforgettable story about the extraordinary lives of seemingly 'ordinary' people.

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Review:

Brilliantly written American debut about the lives of two separated brothers. (The Bookseller)

Mesmerising debut ... You Remind Me Of Me imparts a deeply moving empathy for lives gone sorely awry (The Times)

A heartbreakingly beautiful look at the architecture of thwarted desire and the rampant destruction that minor incidents can wreak upon the seemingly most ordinary of lives. (The Spectator)

'Dan Chaon has constructed a remarkable debut novel ... You Remind Me of Me is a beautifully written exploration of the emotional paths chosen by rootless people desperate to hold on' (Literary Review)

Remarkable ... Chaon has written an apparently claustrophobic novel that feels paradoxically large, generous and, ultimately, quite moving (Washington Post)

A remarkable first novel ... Not only satisfying but devastating (Editor's Choice, Entertainment Weekly)

Chaon's achievement is to rescue his characters from oblivion and make their lives seem as real as our own (New York Times Book Review)

A Chinese box of a novel, full of hidden pleasures and surprises (Elizabeth McCracken, author of 'The Giant's House')

Hypnotic ... haunting ... A lovely, insinuating book with a special staying power (New York Times Book Review)

'Gritty, moving and memorable' (Daily Mail)

Book Description:

'What a writer! Dan Chaon is going to have a breathtaking literary career!' Peter Straub

About this edition

• Publisher: John Murray
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0719565413
• ISBN 13: 9780719565410
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368