So Many Ways to Begin: A Novel
2 journalers for this copy...
There are so many ways to begin this review, but, then, that's always the hard part, isn't it...beginning....
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."
Like the characters in this book, I have a hard time saying what I want to say. What I really want to say is that McGregor knows how to tell a story, not start to finish, but in little pieces, some from the middle of the story, one or two from near the beginning, and a few from the end. Somehow he manages to connect all the pieces together to make a whole puzzle; it is only when you look at it closely that you realize he has left whole chunks out, but it doesn't matter at all.
What I really want to say is that McGregor is---what---thirty? and yet he gets life, he gets marriage, he gets children, he gets grandchildren even. He sees the big picture in a way that most of us haven't quite gotten at fifty, the sadnesses, the tiny bubbles of complete joy, the deep disappointments, the way we can turn mean, how we can forget with time, how hard it is to tell our stories, how hard it is even to know where to start.
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."
Like the characters in this book, I have a hard time saying what I want to say. What I really want to say is that McGregor knows how to tell a story, not start to finish, but in little pieces, some from the middle of the story, one or two from near the beginning, and a few from the end. Somehow he manages to connect all the pieces together to make a whole puzzle; it is only when you look at it closely that you realize he has left whole chunks out, but it doesn't matter at all.
What I really want to say is that McGregor is---what---thirty? and yet he gets life, he gets marriage, he gets children, he gets grandchildren even. He sees the big picture in a way that most of us haven't quite gotten at fifty, the sadnesses, the tiny bubbles of complete joy, the deep disappointments, the way we can turn mean, how we can forget with time, how hard it is to tell our stories, how hard it is even to know where to start.
Journal Entry 2 by debnance at Postal Release in -- Mail, by hand, rings, RABCks etc, Texas USA on Sunday, January 6, 2008
Released 16 yrs ago (1/6/2008 UTC) at Postal Release in -- Mail, by hand, rings, RABCks etc, Texas USA
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Thank you so much for sharing this one with me Debbie. I adore McGregor and cannot wait to read it. Unfortunately, I have to read another couple of books for some book club commitments before I can pick this one up, but I've set it right by my bedside because I want to read it soon.
