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Something Beginning with (Paperback)

by Sarah Salway (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; New edition edition (18 April 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747574162
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747574163
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 479,883 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Both hilarious and heart-warming - and it's transformed into something even more original and captivating by the novel's unlikely obsession with the alphabet' Red Magazine 'Verity Bell is a very odd young woman, and this delightfully original novel catalogues her worries and weird flight of fancy ... Charming and darkly funny' Marie Claire 'An innocent eccentric, Verity is an engaging narrator, and this is a charming, sweet and strange book' Image 'Verity Bell is a Bridget Jones for our times ... Salway's skill lies in artfully crafting the fragments into an intricate portrait of Verity and her life. A real treat' Sainsbury's Magazine

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‘Both hilarious and heart-warming … original and captivating’
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Original!, 30 July 2006
This book's a bit like the tardis; it looks like an innocent, light read from the outside, but inside it's packed with mind-expanding ideas and quirky features. The voice is really engaging and the structure clever and daring. While it's possible to read 'Something beginnning With' in one sitting, the themes and questions Sarah Salway raises stay with you for a long time afterwards.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A for Addictive, 1 May 2004
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This review is from: Something Beginning with (Hardcover)
I do not often read a book in one sitting but 'Something Beginning with...' demands to be read in one luscious mouthful. It is curiously addictive, and for me the pages turned in rapid succession. Verity, the twenty-something writer of this lexicon, which also has a diary-like feel, is an entertaining narrator who is well-practised in self-delusion. The problems she encounters are solved with originality and verve and her astute observations of life around her are sometimes amusing and sometimes very poignant. As well as relating a highly satisfying tale Verity (or rather Sarah Salway) also manages to incorporate some surprising and interesting facts e.g. how Japanese mothers terminate breastfeeding (see w: withdrawal). This is a lively contemporary story of the meaning of love and loss and I look forward to reading more from this writer.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Pleasure from A to Z, 6 May 2004
By Audrey Moore (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Something Beginning with (Hardcover)
This is one of the finest books I have read in a while; I loved it. It is miles ahead of all other chick lit out there, because apart from being entertaining, funny and utterly engaging, this novel is also insightful, touching, and beautifully written. Written in alphabetical glossary entries, each short section tells its own story, and the vignettes add up to a lovely book that is as smart as it is sweet. I would highly recommend this one to anyone, not just "chicks". There is really nothing out there quite like it.
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