So Many Ways to Begin
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In this potent examination of family and memory, Jon McGregor charts one man's voyage of self-discovery. Like Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, So Many Ways to Begin is rich in the intimate details that shape a life, the subtle strain that defines human relationships, and the personal history that forms identity. David Carter, the novel's protagonist, takes a keen interest in history as a boy. Encouraged by his doting Aunt Julia, he begins collecting the things that tell his story: a birth certificate, school report cards, annotated cinema and train tickets. After finishing school, he finds the perfect job for his lifetime obsession — curator at a local history museum. His professional and romantic lives take shape as his beloved aunt and mentor's unravels. Lost in a fog of senility, Julia lets slip a secret about David's family. Over the course of the next decades, as David and his wife Eleanor live out their lives — struggling through early marriage, professional disappointments, the birth of their daughter, Eleanor's depression, and an affair that ends badly — David attempts to physically piece together his past, finding meaning and connection where he least expects it.
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- part one
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- 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
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- 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 Girls 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 (wAoroken 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
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- 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, 1909 –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
- A Note on the Author
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