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So Many Ways to Begin Book
In this potent examination of family and memory, Jon McGregor charts one man's voyage of self-discovery. Like Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, So Many Ways to Begin is rich in the intimate details that shape a life, the subtle strain that defines human relationships, and the personal history that forms identity. David Carter, the novel's protagonist, takes a keen interest in history as a boy. Encouraged by his doting Aunt Julia, he begins collecting the things that tell his story: a birth certificate, school report cards, annotated cinema and train tickets. After finishing school, he finds the perfect job for his lifetime obsessionÂ--curator at a local history museum. His professional and romantic lives take shape as his beloved aunt and mentor's unravels. Lost in a fog of senility, Julia lets slip that David had been adopted. Over the course of the next decades, as David and his wife Eleanor live out their livesÂ--struggling through early marriage, professional disappointments, the birth of their daughter, Eleanor's depression, and an affair that ends badlyÂ-- David attempts to physically piece together his past, finding meaning and connection where he least expects it. Read More
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- 1596912227
- 9781596912229
- Jon McGregor
- 20 March 2007
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Hardcover (Book)
- 352
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