{"product_id":"9780008804831","title":"Beginning Middle End: the new novel from the Booker Prize-longlisted author of Lost Children Archive","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e most anticipated novel of 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘An instant classic, Valeria Luiselli is at her bravest and most sincere’\u003c\/strong\u003e SAMANTA SCHWEBLIN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eLost Children Archive,\u003c\/em\u003e Valeria Luiselli, comes a wondrous, tender and expansive new novel about family, memory and time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mother and a daughter take off on a road trip after the collapse of a marriage. Their journey begins in Sicily during a summer of rapidly-changing winds, volcanic rumbles and sudden tempests. \u003cem\u003eHow do you begin again,\u003c\/em\u003e the mother wonders, \u003cem\u003eif you got the beginning wrong\u003c\/em\u003e? The trip soon becomes a quest for origins – not just to the familial past across continents, languages and generations, but also further back to a mythical and even geological past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her daughter coming into her own and her mother showing signs of dementia, the narrator finds herself confronting the primary questions of life: How do stories shape our children’s imaginations? How do we situate ourselves deeply in the world while accepting our transience in it? How are a family’s memories made and what happens when they disappear?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA road novel, a mother-daughter story, a mystery, \u003cem\u003eBeginning Middle End\u003c\/em\u003e is a shapeshifting novel that offers an exhilarating testament to the power and instability of the stories we hold most dear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Jon Fosse (A Shining — WINNER OF THE 2023 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE), Annie Ernaux (A Man's Place – WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE), Barbara Kingsolver (Demon Copperhead), Georgi Gospodinov (Time Shelter), and Deborah Levy (Hot Milk).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valeria Luiselli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889077309589,"sku":"9780008804831","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008804831_fdf3493b-8e7c-464c-b90b-5be97f5c3d61.jpg?v=1776888615","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008804831","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}