{"product_id":"0735274738","title":"The Only Story: A Novel","description":"\n\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Man Booker Prize-winning author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sense of an Ending\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, an achingly profound love story between a young man on the cusp of adulthood and a woman whose life is gradually moving in the opposite direction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMost of us have only one story to tell. I don't mean that only one thing happens to us in our lives: there are countless events, which we turn into countless stories. But there's only one that matters, only one finally worth telling. This is mine.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the early 1960s, in a staid suburb fifteen miles south of London. Paul, home from university for the holidays, is urged by his mother to join the tennis club. At the mixed doubles tournament he is partnered with Mrs. Susan Macleod: she's more than twice his age, and the married mother of two nearly grown-up daughters. Soon Paul and Susan embark on an unconventional affair, despite the disapproval of Paul's parents and the seething resentment of Susan's husband.\u003cbr\u003eFirst love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesn't know anything about that at nineteen. But as he grows older, the demands placed on Paul by love become far greater than he could possibly have foreseen.\u003cbr\u003eWryly observant and devastatingly tender, \u003ci\u003eThe Only Story\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound, contemplative novel by one of fiction's greatest mappers of the human heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eComing of Age\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003ePsychological\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eBook details\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Barnes, Julian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Random House Canada\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780735274730\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Random House Canada","offers":[{"title":"Used - Very Good","offer_id":49279015715006,"sku":"0735274738-3","price":7.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":49279015747774,"sku":"0735274738-4","price":5.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/818AxdxYYCL.jpg?v=1791942318","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0735274738","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}