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Starting Out
Pub Date
Apr 8 2027
| Archive Date
Apr 9 2027
Description
Meet Lisa. Smart, bookish, an only child.
Having navigated school and adolescence – mainly under the influence of the Brontës and Jane Austen – she goes to college and falls in love with Eric, a fellow student, whose ambition pushes him towards a summer work placement in NY and then a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford. But it’s Lisa who helps him, who may have to follow him if she wants their relationship to have a chance, and who could be compromising her own ambitions and friendships in the process.
From the author of The Rest of Our Lives, Starting Out is a richly relatable story about growing up, and how it doesn’t end with childhood.
Meet Lisa. Smart, bookish, an only child.
Having navigated school and adolescence – mainly under the influence of the Brontës and Jane Austen – she goes to college and falls in love with Eric, a...
Description
Meet Lisa. Smart, bookish, an only child.
Having navigated school and adolescence – mainly under the influence of the Brontës and Jane Austen – she goes to college and falls in love with Eric, a fellow student, whose ambition pushes him towards a summer work placement in NY and then a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford. But it’s Lisa who helps him, who may have to follow him if she wants their relationship to have a chance, and who could be compromising her own ambitions and friendships in the process.
From the author of The Rest of Our Lives, Starting Out is a richly relatable story about growing up, and how it doesn’t end with childhood.
Advance Praise
'Is Ben Markovits contemporary fiction's best kept secret?' Independent
'One of the most astute novelists of modern America' Observer
'Markovits excels at family relationships: the things said and left unsaid; the weight of experience that forms character' TLS
'Is Ben Markovits contemporary fiction's best kept secret?' Independent
'One of the most astute novelists of modern America' Observer
'Markovits excels at family relationships: the things said and left...
Advance Praise
'Is Ben Markovits contemporary fiction's best kept secret?' Independent
'One of the most astute novelists of modern America' Observer
'Markovits excels at family relationships: the things said and left unsaid; the weight of experience that forms character' TLS
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Hardcover |
| ISBN |
9780571400263 |
| PRICE |
£16.99 (GBP)
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| PAGES |
336
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Additional Information
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Hardcover |
| ISBN |
9780571400263 |
| PRICE |
£16.99 (GBP)
|
| PAGES |
336
|
Available on NetGalley
NetGalley Reader
(PDF)
NetGalley Shelf App
(PDF)
Send to Kindle (PDF)
Download (PDF)
Available to Buy
Buy on BN.com
Buy on Bookshop.org
*This page contains affiliate links, so we may earn a small commission when you make a purchase through links on our site at no additional cost to you.
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