{"product_id":"the-only-story-julian-barnes-9780525563068","title":"The Only Story","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sense of an Ending\u003c\/i\u003e comes \"a brilliant, rueful look at love--what we do for it, how we experience it and what makes it die\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003eBasking 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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julian Barnes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0525563067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525563068\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\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":"Paperback","offer_id":44048755327231,"sku":"9780525563068","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_20fcb0d5-d3f6-4bad-8f9e-70eba80c45a9.jpg?v=1684997637","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-only-story-julian-barnes-9780525563068","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}