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02250aam a2200373 i 4500 001 5CFE4CB88B3411ED93AA43A653ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230103010015 008 220510s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1636140602 020 $a 9781636140605 035 $a (OCoLC)1315536967 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Meno, Joe, $e author. 245 1 $a Book of Extraordinary Tragedies / $c Joe Meno. 264 1 $a Brooklyn, New York : $b Akashic Books, $c [2022] 300 $a 346 pages : $b illustration ; $c 22 cm. 520 $a "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."-- $c Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20221005. 650 $a Gifted children $v Fiction. 650 $a Musicians $v Fiction. 650 $a Polish American families $v Fiction. 650 $a Fate and fatalism $x Fiction. 650 $a Expectation (Psychology) $v Fiction. 650 $a Failure (Psychology) $v Fiction. 650 $a Bildungsromans. 651 $a Chicago (Ill.) $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Psychological fiction. 655 7 $a Domestic fiction. 941 $a 3 952 $l XAPE737 $d 20230603011037.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20230203010639.0 952 $l WWPC305 $d 20230103012914.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5CFE4CB88B3411ED93AA43A653ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search