So Many Ways to Begin
McGregor's second Booker-nominated novel, "So Many Ways to Begin, "tells the remarkable story of one man's journey of self-discovery. David Carter is an obsessive collector, and the curator of the local history museum. In addition to overseeing the c...
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McGregor's second Booker-nominated novel, "So Many Ways to Begin, "tells the remarkable story of one man's journey of self-discovery. David Carter is an obsessive collector, and the curator of the local history museum. In addition to overseeing the community's archives, he has, since boyhood, diligently archived the items that tell his own life story: birth certificate, school report cards, movie and train tickets, all filed and cataloged, neat and tidy. But when an addled old aunt lets slip a long-buried family secret, David is forced to consider that his whole life may be constructed around a lie. His collection of artifacts can't begin to comprise the truth, and in fits and starts, his world begins to unravel. Powerfully moving and utterly unforgettable, "So Many Ways to Begin "is a potent examination of family and memory, a look at what happens when life forces you to let go of the person you might have been.
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