New Beginnings
Subtitle: sold in aid of the Indian Ocean tsunami earthquake charities
By: Margaret Atwood ... [et al.].
Contributors: Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-
Edition: First U.S. Edition (1)
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781596910546
Copyright date: 2005
Subjects: English fiction -- 21st century; American fiction -- 21st century; Commonwealth fiction (English); Openings (Rhetoric)
Notes: Compilation of first chapters of previously unpublished novels from 16 best-selling authors.
Table of contents: title: Preface by Jonny Geller; title: Foreword by Nigel Newton; title: Introduction by Helen Fielding; title: 'Tree Baby' A short story by Margaret Atwood; title: 'Something Has Happened' A short story; title: by Margaret Atwood; title: 'But It Could Still' A short story; title: by Margaret Atwood; title: 'Georgia Hall' A short story by Maeve Binchy; title: Chapter one from an untitled novel; title: by Tracy Chevalier; title: Prologue from The Innocent by Harlan Coben; title: Chapter one from The Zahir by Paulo Coelho; title: Chapters one and two from Slow Man; title: by J. M. Coetzee; title: Chapter one from The Divide by Nicholas Evans; title: Chapter one from Blood and Scissors; title: by Mark Haddon; title: Opening pages from A Long Way Down; title: by Nick Hornby; title: Prologue and chapter one from If You Were Me; title: by Marian Keyes; title: Opening pages from Lisey's Story; title: by Stephen King; title: Chapter one from Friends, Lovers, Chocolate; title: by Alexander McCall Smith; title: Opening pages from Saturday by Ian McEwan; title: 'Earth and Sky' A poem by Vikram Seth; title: Chapter one from Second Honeymoon; title: by Joanna Trollope; title: Chapter one from an untitled novel; title: by Scott Turow; title: About the Authors; title: Acknowledgements