Sentences with phrase «heartbreaking work»

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (2000)-- Eggers's semi-fictionalized memoir and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in non-fiction — details the author's struggles running a literary magazine.

It was heartbreaking work, but what I could do to help.

She was explaining to me how heartbreaking her work at the local animal shelter can be.

And there's David Eggers» «A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.»

If you had a burning desire to be a published author, but mysteriously the conventional literary «mafia» couldn't see the value in your heartbreaking work of staggering genius, you could pay to have books created for you in the hopes that this would lead to your «discovery.»

I've been a fan of Eggers since he wrote A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, and along with the movie's screenplay, he also wrote a full - length novel version of Sendak's story.

But before you go and get all excited about what this seismic shift might mean, we should point out that the title, A Hologram for the King, was written and published by Dave Eggers, author of seven books — including the well regarded (and, not coincidentally, traditionally pubbed) A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and Zeitoun.

It's always nice to be reminded of titles you meant to read but haven't — like Dave Eggers» A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (in my case).

Eggers burst onto the scene in 2000 with his hugely successful memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.

If customers choose to pay more than the average price, they will also receive A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Blood Meridian, and On a Pale Horse.

Carey Mulligan No, it's not just «An Education» — though her vivid, heartbreaking work in Lone Scherfig's coming - of - age drama would be enough of a calling - card for any actor.

And while the final spot could easily go to Transparent's Judith Light or last year's winner, Maura Tierney of The Affair, let's hold out hope that Samira Wiley will get some recognition for her heartbreaking work on Orange Is the New Black.

Late in the movie, this leads to some heartbreaking work from Plaza as her stalking - engineered friendship with Taylor and accompanying imitation of life in Los Angeles falls to spectacular pieces.

Derek Cianfrance's marital horror show employs dermatological closeups and heartbreaking work from Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams to document a marriage's destruction.

Though their 2014 film, about a woman (Marion Cotillard) trying to save herself from imminent redundancy, is cut from the same careworn cloth as previous features, it's another undeniably sublime and heartbreaking work about saintly self preservation, the struggles of working class life and the fact that it's often the smallest stories which deal with the biggest and most important ideas.

It gave them strength to keep doing the hard, dangerous heartbreaking work that they had to do.

Eggers is most famous for his best - selling memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.

Eggers, the author of, among others, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and A Hologram for the King, is both a beloved Bay Area resident — he founded the McSweeney's publishing empire and the 826 Valencia literacy charity — and an admitted technophobe.

These unexpectedly heartbreaking works — strong, sensual — unhinge the distinctions between interior and exterior, and point to the complex dynamics that always entwine physical and psychological states.

Not exact matches

But if it's any consolation, it will change from being scary to only occasionally heartbreaking at worst, as you come to understand where the devil comes from and how it all works.

Advice includes: managing finances, coping with heartbreak (massive redecoration of your house / loud singalongs with the radio / shopping for a well - deserved new outfit / baking a delicious cake and sharing it with friends - and those are just a few of the ideas listed), and solving domestic challenges when alone (water pipes, windows that stick, machines that won't work).

They can turn out but they can also not work out and it's heartbreaking to see all those ingredients wasted.

After all, wouldn't it be heartbreaking if after all this work the rolls got stuck?

Seeing that Austin D'Almeida from Jersey Barnfire, Johnny McLaughlin from Heartbreaking Dawns, Steve Seabury and eventually Lisa Seabury who came later from High River Sauces were working their booths solo I decided to help them briefly during a busy time of the Festival.

Seeing that Johnny McLaughlin from Heartbreaking Dawns, Steve Seabury from High River Sauces and Austin D'Almeida from Jersey Barnfire were working their booths solo I decided to help them briefly during a busy time of the Festival.

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I can not get xanthan gum here and it is heartbreaking sometimes when the effort and work I put into something just doesn't turn out because of the lack of it.

Of course, all that work through the first three days has resulted in a bunch of heartbreak and frustration for Furyk, who hasn't won since he bagged the Tour Championship and 2010 FedEx Cup title.

Speaking as a former working mother, I can assure you that there is no hell as insidious or heartbreaking as the guilt a working mother is designed to feel every day.

These are among the heartbreaking questions recently sent in by a listener who feels that she is routinely falling short juggling the demands of work + parenting a toddler.

From workplace bullying and being replaced to abortion ultimatums and stressed - induced miscarriage, the horrors these mothers have been put through all because they wanted to return to work after maternity leave is heartbreaking, sickening and aggrivating to read let alone experience.

We were committed to exclusively breastfeeding all of our children so when it wasn't «working,» we spend the first weeks of our son's life in heartbreaking hours of constant nursing, pumping, DAILY weigh - ins, and supplements.

«To anyone who has ever known the heartbreak of ending what was once a beautiful coupling, Katherine Woodward Thomas's work brings comfort and illumination.

It's heartbreaking to see new moms not learning from our mistakes, and instead convince themselves that the ideas in BW are «good» and «works great» and will only realize years later that it was harmful.

For this reason, we invite you to meet with us to talk about your concerns and discuss ways we can work together to ensure that no family has to endure the pain and heartbreak of a baby who doesn't get the nutrition they need to thrive.

I had an overwhelming peace through prayer that God already knew what was ahead and He had already equipped us to work through these trials ahead, heartbreak and all.

Part of this transition includes making new friends and reconnecting with old friends who have also become moms and understand what it feels like to be home all day with an infant, or how heartbreaking it is to leave your baby while you work and provide for your family.

Hilary Evans, chief executive of Alzheimer's Research UK, said: «David Cameron's support of our work will help us continue our positive growth and further bolster our research efforts, through which we will end the fear, harm and heartbreak of dementia.»

«It was heartbreaking to see working - class people lose essential things,» said McPartlan, a Wantagh High School art teacher, who teared up as she watched the film.

It's kind of heartbreaking to hear these extraordinary innovators pick apart each other's work as they race to finish their various devices, complete clinical trials big enough to gain FDA approval and ramp up production with sufficient support personnel to help diabetics actually strap one on by 2017 or 2018.

Until you truly commit to the work of self - love that's required after the devastation of heartbreak, you're not a contender for a long - term commitment.

However, it has worked for my husband who was diagnosed with diabetes Type 1... and watching his health decline through the years along with my own health, was heartbreaking for us.

Andy worked harder than ever after his heartbreaking loss to Roger Federer in the 2012 Wimbledon final, but it took more than long hours on the court, intensive training and stellar coaching to finally turn the tide to victory.

It is heartbreaking to me that anyone would tell a person who has done the work to fix their relationship with food that they are still eating incorrectly because of their body size.

Healing means that you do the inner work necessary in order to develop a strong loving adult self, who is capable of lovingly managing the heartbreak, loneliness and helplessness of rejection.

It was by far the most stressful year of my life going through heartbreak, working crazy long weeks, a big move and just trying get my feet on the ground as my first year sans college.

Don't whine about your heartbreaks or your work and family problems.

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