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Bought this as it raised money for the victims of the tragic 2004 tsunami and earthquakes. It gives you a taster of a variety of opening chapters from popular novelists.. I found the chopping and changing from chapter to chapter much less interesting than a usual story anthology. But I don’t regret the buy nor the writers’ generosity.
The stories who likes me much more were the stories were written by Harlan Coben, and Scott Turow. The ratings are Margaret Atwood (3) (1) (1), Maeve Binchy (3), Tracy Chevalier (3), Harlan Coben (4), J.M. Coetzee (2), Nicholas Evans (3), Rodrigo Fresán (3), Mark Haddon (1), Nick Hornby (3), Marian Keyes (2), Stephen King (3), Alexander McCall Smith (2), Ian McEwan (3), Vikram Seth (2), Joana Trollope (2), y Scott Turow (4). None of them obtained five stars. In general the book was nice, being t...
New Beginnings is a compilation of short stories and first chapters of new novels written by best-selling authors in 2005 to benefit the Indian Ocean Tsunami Earthquake Charities. There is an introduction by Helen Fielding, followed by pieces by the authors in alphabetical order. Margaret Atwood’s hopeful Tree Baby, evocative Something Has Happened and expectant But It Could Still, are followed by Maeve Binchy’s heart-warming Georgia Hall. Thereafter, Tracey Chevalier’s historical Burning Bright...