by Joshilyn Jackson, Hazel Gaynor, Mary McNear, Nadia Hashimi, Emmi
Itäranta, CJ Hauser, Katherine Harbour, Rebecca Rotert, Holly Brown, M. P.
Cooley, Carrie La Seur
9780062348791, 0062348795
$0.00
Electronic book text
This selection of new fiction has been compiled by a New York Times
bestselling novelist, Joshilyn Jackson.
The book comes in the form of a free e-book sampler as a "curated
volume" of excerpts from "new and upcoming titles by debut fiction authors you'll
want to get familiar with early on”.
The book starts with an introduction from Jackson and ends with an
excerpt from her latest novel, Someone Else's Love Story, on sale now.
A certain sameness exists in some of the stories but others look at the
world from a different angle. The Girl
Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor, for example, takes a look at a group of
Irish passengers before they board The Titanic and the aftermath of their
devastating experience.
Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta has the kind of mystical and lyrical elements a
reader might expect of the Finnish writer. The twist here is that this coming
of age story is wound around the futuristic impacts of climate change and
global warming.
A more cynical might be tempted to suggest a compilation such as this
is a wonderful way to get free publicity for your new book. If it is, it works, because Jackson’s excerpt
is probably the best read in the book.
It is a good idea and has is plenty to tantalise readers looking for a new
writer to get stuck into, if not in the summer at least the winter time.
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