num_pages: 325
description: Eight-year-old Esme Singer embarks on a ten-year search for inner truth, as she accepts--then rejects--the self-deluding role models of her alcoholic mother and an absent father who dreams of getting rich
language: English
title: The Beginner's Book of Dreams
titlecomplete: The Beginner's Book of Dreams
genres: Coming Of Age, Fiction
ratings_count: 68
publisher: Knopf