Joining Karah Preiss and guest host Betty Cayouette (of Betty’s Book List) as part of the Belletrist Book Club, author Jennifer Egan takes a deep dive into The Candy House, covering topics such as technology, the collective consciousness, shame, and social media, and taking The Candy House to a whole new level. He was adopted by an Australian couple, and 25 years later reunited with his biological mother. Egan introduces these characters in an astonishing array of narrative styles-from omniscient to first person plural to a duet of voices, an epistolary chapter and a chapter of tweets. First published JBook details & editions About the author Saroo Brierley 8 books241 followers Saroo Brierley (born 1981) is an Indian-born Australian businessman who, at age 5, was separated from his biological mother. He ended up in an Indian orphanage and was adopted by an Australian couple - The. Get more out of your reading experience and. Saroo was born in India but got lost at age 5. In the world of Egan’s spectacular imagination, there are “counters” who track and exploit desires and there are “eluders,” those who understand the price of taking a bite of the Candy House. This in-depth study guide offers summaries & analyses for all 10 chapters of A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley. They have a brotherly bond despite Mantosh being troubled and smoking dope and using. Hes her sole caregiver when Kamla is away, working for days at a time. Saroo stops by Mantoshs home and tells him not to avoid their parents. Intellectually dazzling, The Candy House is also extraordinarily moving, a testament to the tenacity and transcendence of human longing for real connection, love, family, privacy and redemption. Saroo vividly remembers caring for his baby sister, Shekila. Jennifer Egan’s newest novel, The Candy House, spins out the consequences of Own Your Unconscious through the lives of multiple characters whose paths intersect over several decades. Within a decade, Bix’s new technology, “Own Your Unconscious”-which allows you access to every memory you’ve ever had, and to share every memory in exchange for access to the memories of others-has seduced multitudes. Bix Bouton’s company, Mandala, is so successful that he is “one of those tech demi-gods with whom we’re all on a first name basis.” Bix is 40, with four kids, restless, desperate for a new idea, when he stumbles into a conversation group, mostly Columbia professors, one of whom is experimenting with downloading or “externalizing” memory.
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