Further praise for So Many Ways to Begin:

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

       Irish Times

      ‘Both triumphant and almost unbearably moving’

       Waterstone’s Books Quarterly

      ‘McGregor’s talent remains dazzlingly apparent … McGregor captures in near-poetry what it is to lose our beginnings and to recreate a past’

       Scotland on Sunday

      ‘McGregor’s gift is in finding the extraordinary in everyday life, subtly invoking your empathy with utterly believable characters’

       Eve Magazine

      ‘The writing is powerfully spare and unadorned … an immensely sympathetic portrait of a marriage’

       Time Out

      ‘Beautifully poetic’

       Observer

      ‘His work has been compared to Philip Larkin in the way that it draws on a certain monochrome Englishness but the colour and poetry of his writing brings a luminous depth to his subject’

       Metro

      ‘I absolutely loved this book’

      Mariella Frostrup

      ‘A tender and invigorating picture of domestic life drawn by a masterly hand’

       Big Issue

      ‘Compelling and convincing. A deeply rewarding read’

       Good Book Guide

      ‘A very fine, affecting work that moves gracefully towards an unforgettable conclusion’

       Glasgow Herald

      ‘It is a heartbreaking, luminous and wonderful work … He is an accomplished author who writes with blinding insight. One of the best books of 2006’

       Shropshire Star