02248cam a2200253 i 4500 330617365 TxAuBib 20171010120000.0 170925s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017043119 9780062668721 26.99 0062668722 26.99 eng rda TxAuBib rda Feldman, Joshua Max. Start without me [BOOK] : a novel / Joshua Max Feldman. New York, NY : William Morrow, 2017. 276 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "The author of the critically acclaimed The Book of Jonah explores questions of love and choice, disappointment and hope in the lives of two strangers who meet by chance in this mesmerizing tale that unfolds over one Thanksgiving Day. Adam is a former musician and recovering alcoholic who is home for Thanksgiving for the first time in many years. Surrounded by his parents and siblings, nieces and nephews--all who have seen him at his worst--he can't shake the feeling that no matter how hard he tries, he'll always be the one who can't get it right. Marissa is a flight attendant whose marriage is strained by simmering tensions over race, class, and ambition. Heading to her in-laws for their picture-perfect holiday family dinner, her anxiety is intensified by the knowledge she is pregnant from an impulsive one-night-stand. In an airport restaurant on Thanksgiving morning, Adam and Marissa meet. Over the course of this day fraught with emotion and expectation, these two strangers will form an unlikely bond asthey reckon with their family ties, their pasts, and the choices that will determine their way forward. Joshua Max Feldman focuses his knowing eye on one of the last bastions of classical American idealism, the Thanksgiving family gathering, as he explores our struggles to know--and to be--our best selves. Hilarious and heartrending, Start Without Me is a thoughtful and entertaining page-turner that will leave its indelible mark on your heart"-- Provided by publisher. 20171019. Domestic fiction.