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100 1  Meno, Joe. 
245 10 Book of extraordinary tragedies :|ba novel /|cJoe Meno. 
246 1  |iSubtitle from cover 
264  1 Brooklyn, New York :|bAkashic Books,|c[2022] 
264  4 |c©2022 
300    346 pages :|billustration ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
336    still image|bsti|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "Aleksandar and Isobel are siblings and former classical 
       music prodigies, once destined for greatness. As the only 
       Eastern European family growing up on their block on the 
       far southside of Chicago, the pair were inseparable until 
       each was forced to confront the absurdity of tragedy at an
       early age and abandon their musical ambitions. Now in 
       their twenties, they find themselves encountering 
       ridiculous jobs, unfulfilling romantic relationships, and 
       the outrageousness of ordinary life. Doomed by fate, a 
       family history of failure, an odd mother, an absent father,
       and a younger brother with a peculiar fondness for 
       catastrophes, the two siblings have all but given up. But 
       when an illness forces Isobel and her three-year-old 
       daughter to move back into the family home, Aleks becomes 
       deeply involved in the endless challenges that surround 
       his relatives. Once Isobel begins playing cello again, 
       Aleks comes to see a world of possibility and wonder in 
       the lives of his extraordinarily complicated family."--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Gifted children|vFiction. 
650  0 Musicians|vFiction. 
650  0 Polish American families|vFiction. 
650  0 Fate and fatalism|vFiction. 
650  0 Expectation (Psychology)|vFiction. 
650  0 Failure (Psychology)|vFiction. 
651  0 Chicago (Ill.)|vFiction. 
655  7 Psychological fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Domestic fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Bildungsromans.|2lcgft