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Made me laugh -- moved me to tears (5+ stars!) I don't know how the Jonathan Safran Foer is able to bring so much joy and sadness into a book. It's amazing. In the first chapter alone I was laughing hysterically, and calling friends to read them parts aloud, but also, toward the end, crying. Somehow I knew, when I was laughing, that I would be crying soon. And when I was crying I knew that I would soon be laughing again. It's just like life. So much about this book is just like life---how it's scary, how it's ambiguous, how it's surreal, how it's beautiful... This novel makes most other books seem one-sided, or at least less than full. I recommend it very strongly to all readers, whatever their backgrounds or ages. (I'm now going to order his first book!)