num_pages: 375
description: David Carter cannot help but wish for more: that his wife Eleanor could be the sparkling girl he once found so irresistible; that his job as a museum curator could live up to the promise it once held; that his daughter's arrival could have brought him closer to Eleanor. But a few careless words spoken by his mother's friend have left David restless with the knowledge that his life has been constructed around a lie.
language: English
title: So Many Ways to Begin
titlecomplete: So Many Ways to Begin
genres: Literature, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adoption, 21st Century, Family, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary, British Literature
ratings_count: 1862
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Booker Prize
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: RSL Encore Award, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing