false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173125769m/249137.jpg 249137 5 <div><div>In this potent examination of family and memory, Jon McGregor charts one man&#8217;s voyage of self-discovery. Like Kazuo Ishiguro&#8217;s <i>The Remains of the Day</i>, <i>So Many Ways to Begin</i> 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&#8217;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&#8212;curator at a local history museum. His professional and romantic lives take shape as his beloved aunt and mentor&#8217;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&#8212;struggling through early marriage, professional disappointments, the birth of their daughter, Eleanor&#8217;s depression, and an affair that ends badly&#8212; David attempts to physically piece together his past, finding meaning and connection where he least expects it. </div></div> 4077 20 3 2007 So Many Ways to Begin: A Novel total:108|5:24|4:40|3:32|2:8|1:4| 108 396 199 22 4 1 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 17:06:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 10:11:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 21 06:03:33 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 06:03:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 02 21:14:28 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 21:15:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jul 24 11:39:43 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 11:39:55 -0700 2009
This is a book I want to shove in the hands of every reader I meet. "Read this one," I might coax cajolingly. "It's good. You'll like it."

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