{"product":{"product_id":"0375725784","title":"A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius","price":"11.69","image_url":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51em6Mq-+gL._SL500_.jpg","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/0375725784"},"comments":[{"body":"At 22, Dave eggers lost his mother, and began raising his 8 year old brother on his own. He wrote a book about his experience dealing with his loss: [A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: a true story](http://www.amazon.com/Heartbreaking-Work-Staggering-Genius/dp/0375725784/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;s=books\u0026amp;qid=1292433565\u0026amp;sr=1-1) Your post reminded me of it in many ways, including your reactions as you've described them. There is nothing Oprah about this book. Maybe it will help you work through things. Or maybe you should avoid it at all costs. I don't know.","subreddit_name":"AskReddit","author":"random-mash"},{"body":"\u0026gt; a heartbreaking series  \r\n\u0026gt;  \r\n\u0026gt; on housing policy in California\r\n\r\nYour posts on this are considerably better evidence of staggering genius than [Eggers](https://www.amazon.com/Heartbreaking-Work-Staggering-Genius/dp/0375725784) ever dreamed of. \r\n\r\nAs much as I mock California, I do appreciate your reports on its housing woes. Thank you for this ongoing project, despite its near-certain disappointment.\r\n\r\n\u0026gt; [AB 1851](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1851) (religious institutions that build subsidized housing on their parking lots don't have to replace that parking). \r\n\r\nI waited several minutes and the link refuses to load, so I'll ask for clarification from you or anyone that can actually read it, because that summary sounds weird to me: is the parking being removed if they *don't* build housing, or does it mean that if they build housing on what is now parking, they don't have to replace the parking that became housing? I assume it's a strangely specific exception to parking minimum laws?\r\n\r\nAddendum to that question: is religiously-subsidized housing \"a thing\" in California of all places? Or is it state-subsidized, built on religious property?\r\n\r\nThe [Catholic Workers houses](https://www.catholicworker.org/communities/directory-picker.html) might be some of the most famous examples of religious housing, and they do have some California locations, but they aren't quite what comes to mind when I think \"subsidized housing.\"","subreddit_name":"TheMotte","author":"professorgerm"},{"body":"If you haven't read [this book](http://www.amazon.com/Heartbreaking-Work-Staggering-Genius/dp/0375725784) maybe you would like it. I'll send you (or somewhere's address you can PM me that isn't yours, like a library or something) a copy if you want.","subreddit_name":"IAmA","author":"GaryDuder"},{"body":"That's gross, and not true. The actual best book title ever is [A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius](http://www.amazon.com/Heartbreaking-Work-Staggering-Genius/dp/0375725784/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1305319587\u0026amp;sr=8-1).","subreddit_name":"funny","author":"IntangiblePanda"},{"body":"Also [this](http://www.amazon.com/Heartbreaking-Work-Staggering-Genius/dp/0375725784)","subreddit_name":"IAmA","author":"Crooooow"},{"body":"dammit, [A heartbreaking work](http://www.amazon.com/Heartbreaking-Work-Staggering-Genius/dp/0375725784/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;s=books\u0026amp;qid=1269031152\u0026amp;sr=8-1) is like 50c less than what you need, assuming it's from amazon.\r\n\r\nMaybe, [What is the what](http://www.amazon.com/What-Vintage-Dave-Eggers/dp/0307385906/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;s=books\u0026amp;qid=1269031152\u0026amp;sr=8-2)  Haven't completed it, but it's pretty good so far.\r\n\r\nAlso, [slickfillers](http://slickdeals.net/slickfillers/) can help you with getting the $25 free shipping, again, assuming you need this for amazon","subreddit_name":"AskReddit","author":"[deleted]"}]}