What Is the What

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by Dave Eggers

What Is the What, by the bestselling author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, is an epic novel based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, who, at the age of seven, was forced to leave his village in Sudan and trek hundreds of miles on foot, pursued by militias, government bombers, and wild animals, crossing the deserts of three countries to find freedom, along with thousands of other children dubbed the "Lost Boys." When he eventually arrives in America, he discovers a life full of potential, but also heartbreak and a slew of new obstacles. What Is the What is a remarkable story that exposes the lives of millions through one amazing guy. It is moving, thrilling, and shockingly amusing.

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I will not wait to love as best as I can. We thought we were young and that there would be time to love well sometime in the future. This is a terrible way to think. It is no way to live, to wait to love.

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I will not wait to love as best as I can. We thought we were young and that there would be time to love well sometime in the future. This is a terrible way to think. It is no way to live, to wait to love.

— Dave Eggers, What Is the What