So Many Ways to Begin - Jon McGregor
A very remarkable novel. Jon McGregor has his own punctuation and it works really good for him. This novel has an amazing amount of things happening. A lot of writers would need 4, maybe five times as many words to tell the story. The writer gives you pieces of a puzzle, tells you later where they fit. So you see the bigger picture later. The story is told from the perspective of the two main characters, David and Eleanor, except for one chapter. It is the story of love and perseverance, of misunderstanding, disappointments and misfortune. I was drawn into the story, felt for the characters and there were times I had difficulty to read on. It all became too much misery. In the end and looking back at the whole story it feels optimistic in it's own way, how surprising that was for me. All in all I loved the book and I would certainly recommend it.