State of the Union by Nick Hornby -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS

State of the Union by Nick Hornby

Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the opening sentence (or so) of the book you are reading this week. You can also share from a book that caught your fancy, even if you are not reading it right now.

MY BOOK BEGINNING

When Louise arrives, Tom is already halfway through a pint, and he's doing The Guardian's cryptic crossword.

-- from State of the Union by Nick Hornby.

State of the Union is a 2019 novella about a couple examining their marriage in a series of ten conversations at a pub before their weekly counseling sessions. It sounds like just the sort of story Hornby tells best. I found it on my TBR shelf and think it will make a good spacer between a couple of huge books I'm reading this month. 

YOUR BOOK BEGINNINGS

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THE FRIDAY 56

The Friday 56 is a natural tie-in with Book Beginnings. The idea is to share a two-sentence teaser from page 56 of your featured book. If you are reading an ebook or audiobook, find your teaser from the 56% mark.

Freda at Freda's Voice started and hosted The Friday 56 for a long, long time. She is taking a break and Anne at My Head is Full of Books has taken on hosting duties in her absence. Please visit Anne's blog and link to your Friday 56 post.

MY FRIDAY 56

-- from State of the Union:

Outside the pub, Louise is furious. 

“ What the HELL were you thinking of?” 

 

FROM THE PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION

Tom and Louise meet in a pub before their couple's therapy appointment. Married for years, they thought they had a stable home life--until a recent incident pushed them to the brink.

Going to therapy seemed like the perfect solution. But over drinks before their appointment, they begin to wonder: what if marriage is like a computer? What if you take it apart to see what's in there, but then you're left with a million pieces?

Unfolding in the minutes before their weekly therapy sessions, the ten-chapter conversation that ensues is witty and moving, forcing them to look at their marriage--and, for the first time in a long time, at each other.