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A vibrant new book from Penelope Lively - a wry, wise story about the astonishing ways lives intersect. When Charlotte Rainsford, a retired schoolteacher, is accosted by way of a petty thief on the London street, the results ripple over the lives of acquaintances and strangers similarly. A marriage unravels after an illicit romance is revealed through an errant cellular phone communication; a posh yet financially strapped interior creator meets a small business partner who might verify too good to be true; an old-guard historian attempts to recapture his vibrant vigor with an ill-conceived idea for a Television miniseries; and a middle-aged central European immigrant learns to speak British and reinvents his life with the assistance of some new friends. By way of a richly conceived and multi-colored cast of characters, Penelope Lively explores the powerful role of chance in people's lives and deftly illustrates how our paths can be changed irrevocably by someone we will never even meet. Taken to life in her hallmark graceful prose and filled with enthusiastic insights into individual nature, How It All Began is an engaging, contemporary tale that is certain to hit a chord with her legion of devoted followers as well as new readers. A writer of rare wisdom, beauty, and laughter, Lively is a consummate storyteller whose gift ideas are on full display in this masterful work.

Category: Psychological Thrillers