{"product_id":"9781596919594","title":"So Many Ways to Begin: A Novel","description":"In this potent examination of family and memory, Jon McGregor charts one man's voyage of self-discovery. Like Kazuo Ishiguro's \u003ci\u003eThe Remains of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSo Many Ways to Begin \u003c\/i\u003eis 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 obsession-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 lives-struggling through early marriage, professional disappointments, the birth of their daughter, Eleanor's depression, and an affair that ends badly- David attempts to physically piece together his past, finding meaning and connection where he least expects it.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151398420720,"sku":"9781596919594","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781596919594_p0.jpg?v=1763812393","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781596919594","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}