Fresh Beginnings
Fresh Beginnings by Leela Dutt, published by Bridge House in 2022, features 150 pages of engaging narratives that showcase the author’s distinctive storytelling style. This collection presents a variety of stories, each beautifully illustrated by Kate Attfield, offering a blend of humor and poignancy that caters to diverse reader interests.
Readers will encounter a range of characters and situations, from widows grappling with loss to a young German boy navigating post-war Hertfordshire. The stories include time travelers visiting Hans Andersen’s Copenhagen and a young Japanese car manufacturer exploring the South Wales Valleys. Dutt’s work captures moments of adventure and reflection, making Fresh Beginnings a thought-provoking anthology that resonates with themes of family, history, and human connection.
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An intriguing mixture of stories, all in Leela Dutt’s inimitable style – something here for everyone, and beautifully illustrated by Kate Attfield.
Some are short and funny, some poignant – widows faced with losing their grandchildren, a daughter burying her father and dealing with a domineering mother. One endearing narrator is not human at all but still strikes a chord with us. Time travellers visit Hans Andersen’s Copenhagen; a young German boy is welcomed by some but by no means all in Hertfordshire just after the war. Perilous adventures in a hire car in the south of France are described by a lad who is unaware that at the very moment he’s telling us about his family holiday, London is under attack. A young Japanese car manufacturer encounters the strange people of the South Wales Valleys – and their grandfather who was a prisoner of war in Burma. Finally the life story of a Quaker celebrating her ninetieth birthday at the end of the century.
Leela Dutt’s collection Fresh Beginnings will warm your heart and stay in your mind – it might even make you laugh!
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