#Remind me of you series

The structure of this gave me the same pleasure as building a jigsaw puzzle without first seeing the final image. And yet, as the story picked up pace, my hunger to know had me absorbing every word at great speed. His prose is chewy, yet efficient: I could lounge inside his sentences, let them stretch and snap until I myself feel like elastic. I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to read Chaon (“Shawn”), and I’m excited to dig into more. I was in another world when I was in this book. Yes, I wanted to take to my bed at times because it is so darned sad! It is amazing when a story breaks your heart, and yet you want to keep reading. This is a 5-star novel because of the authenticity it evokes.

#Remind me of you series

That baby, Troy, has made a series of bad decisions, and his life is messed up because of his own actions. Chaon decided to create a sad life for him as well, although that kid did bond with a loving family, although flawed. Chaon must have as well, as he put on paper what I saw as reality. I just saw the sadness, the indigents, the neglected, the oppression. Now saying that, some have enjoyed a fantastic life there I didn’t see the beauty. This reminded me of everything I hated about the State and why I got out of there ASAP. Author Dan Chaon capitalizes on the remoteness, the impoverished areas near the Sioux Reservations. I hail from that area, and his descriptions of the area, the culture, the atmosphere is authentic to the point of depression. This all takes place in a tiny town in South Dakota. She gave birth to a baby in 1966, and she is stuck there, thinking if she had kept that baby her life would have been better. His mother works at a chicken factory, and she is displeased with life, especially Jonah. We learn slowly of Jonah’s sad life, living in squalor. In 1977 Jonah is attacked and disfigured by his grandfather’s Doberman pincher when he was a little boy. The story is told in timelines, with chapters that flip between years. “They go to live with nice mommies.” Awe, this is the saddest story EVER!! That first sentence was spoken from a little boy to his mother, who constantly says she is sad she gave up her first baby for adoption in fact, she’s obsessed with this perfect baby she gave up, and she kept the second baby she had…Jonah….always making Jonah feel subpar, inadequate, not like the perfect first baby she gave up.

The story is told in timelines, with chapters tha “Where do babies go when you give them away”. “Where do babies go when you give them away”. 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.more 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? With penetrating insight and a deep devotion to his characters, Dan Chaon' 'explores the secret connections that irrevocably link them. '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. 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' begi With his critically acclaimed 'Among the Missing' and 'Fitting Ends,' award-winning author Dan Chaon proved himself a master of the short story form. With his critically acclaimed 'Among the Missing' and 'Fitting Ends,' award-winning author Dan Chaon proved himself a master of the short story form.