{"product_id":"the-only-story-9780525563068","title":"The Only Story","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the Best Books of the Year: \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost of us have only one story to tell . . . only one that matters, only one finally worth telling. This is mine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne summer in the sixties, in a staid suburb south of London, nineteen-year-old Paul comes home from university and is urged by his mother to join the tennis club. There he's partnered with Susan Macleod, a fine player who's forty-eight, confident, witty, and married, with two nearly adult daughters. She is a warm companion, her bond with Paul immediate. And soon, inevitably, they are lovers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Basking in the glow of one another, they set up house together in London. Decades later, Paul looks back at how they fell in love and how--gradually, relentlessly--everything fell apart. As he turns over his only story in his mind, examining it from different vantage points, he finds himself confronted with the contradictions and slips of his own memory--and the ways in which our narratives and our lives shape one another. Poignant, vivid and profound, \u003ci\u003eThe Only Story\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing novel of memory, devotion, and how first love fixes a life forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525563068\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Julian Barnes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36638336680092,"sku":"9780525563068","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b337e223-58ac-4c5c-9246-9235f635c66e.jpg?v=1603847028","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-only-story-9780525563068","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}