So Many Ways to Begin

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Jon McGregor. So Many Ways to Begin

So Many Ways to Begin. Jon McGregor

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Further praise for So Many Ways to Begin:

Contents

Part One

1 b/w photograph, Albert Carter, defaced, c.1943

2 Handwritten list of household items, c.1947

3 Local map, Whitechapel district, London, annotated, c.1950

4 Tobacco tin, cigarettes, Christmas card, 1914

5 Shoebox of assorted domestic goods, bullets, shrapnel, 1953–1960

6 Postcard from Greenwich Maritime Museum, c.1953

7 Opening programme, Coventry Municipal Art Gallery and Museum, 1961

8 Two telegrams, November 1939 and April 1940

9 Contract, wage slip, duty sheet, from Coventry Museum, 1964

10 Letters, handwritten, 1966–68; Paper napkin, 1966

11 Cigarette holder, tortoiseshell, believed 1940s

12 Picture postcard, Union Street, Aberdeen, c.1966

13 Pocket appointment diaries (incomplete set), dated 1935–1959

14 Pair of letters, handwritten, February 1967

15 Picture postcard, John Lewis shipyard, Aberdeen c.1967

16 Birth Certificate, 17 March 1945

Part Two

17 Pair of cinema tickets, annotated ‘19th May 1967’

18 Disciplinary letter, typewritten on headed paper, January 1968

19 Identity badge, Junior Curatorial Assistant, Coventry Museum, w/photo, 1967

20 Examination results, Scottish Highers, July 1967

21 Train ticket, Aberdeen–Coventry (single), 15 September 1968

22 Book of Co-op dividend stamps, 1968

23 Handwritten list of coventry addresses, August 1968

24 Doorkey on a knotted loop of string; Wedding certificate, October 1968

25 Lacework placemats (wedding gift), 1968

26 Geologist’s rock-hammer, in original case (wedding gift, unused), c.1969

27 Model fishing boat, handmade c.1905

28 Page torn from Aberdeen Press & Journal, crumpled, August 1968

29 Set of clothes pegs, traditional style, w/hand-drawn faces, c.1920s–1950s

30 Girl’s hairbrush, wooden-handled, c.1940s

31 Nurse’s fob watch, engraved RCN, 1941

32 University prospectuses; 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974

33 Pill bottles, prescriptions; dated variously 1973–1987

34 Small vase, handmade by unknown Warwickshire potter, 1974

35 Tobacco tin; used for storing buttons, beads, safety pins, c.1960s

36 Catalogue from museum exhibition, ‘Refugees, Migrants, New Arrivals’, 1975

37 Framed photograph (w/broken glass), David and Eleanor, c.1975

38 Wine cork, dated (handwriting) August 1975

39 Hospital admissions card, 1945 (Discovered 1976)

40 Scrapbook w/postcards, tickets, maps, etc., 1979

Part Three

41 Cut fragments of surgical thread, in small transparent case, dated July 1983

42 Pocket address book, w/page torn out, c.1982

43 Small fragment of metal, unidentified, 1983

44 Pair of child’s gloves, striped, c.1983

45 Job application form, Head Curator, c.1984

46 Hand-drawn family tree (incomplete), dated May 1984

47 Envelopes w/Aberdeen postmarks, occasional 1984–2000

48 Photographs of Kate at eight years old, with birthday cards, 1984

49 Library tickets, green card with handwritten annotations, c.1980s

50 DHSS Booklet, Guide to Services for the Newly Unemployed, 1986

51 Video cassette: World’s Greatest Boxing Heroes, c.1987

52 Hand-drawn family tree, marked ‘Believed Complete’, dated 1988

53 Home videos featuring Kate Carter, 1991–1994

54 Examination results; University prospectus, 1994

55 Illustrated Book of Knots, 7th Edition, c.1947

56 Ration books, Union cards, Co-op dividend stamps, 1930s and 1940s

57 Printed service sheet, ‘Ivy Elaine Campbell, 1910–2000’, 23 April 2000

58 Email messages; printed copies dated March 2000

59 Ferry tickets; handwritten letter; route map (from website); all June 2000

60 Biscuit tin, rusted, used as money box or for keepsakes, c.1944

61 Paper package of selected photographs (reprints), c.1950–2000

62 Bill for room and board, Conway’s of Letterkenny, June 2000

Acknowledgements

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By the Same Author

A Note on the Author

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‘So Many Ways to Begin confirms his reputation … Beautifully written’

Irish Times

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32 University prospectuses; 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974

33 Pill bottles, prescriptions; dated variously 1973–1987

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