‘Each ending is a beginning,’ writes Jerry Pinto in his introduction to this collection. Beginnings are all around us, although they are often disguised. The turning of the soil, the blossoming of the buds, a new friendship, a reconciliation, an epiphany—these are all signs that life carries on, and that it can be good despite setbacks. In a fast-changing and often ruthless world, A Book of New Beginningsanthology is a treasure of meditations, consolations and inspirations from a range of voices through history: Rabi’ah, Rumi, Muktabai, Tukaram, Emily Dickinson, Tagore, Tolstoy, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Martin Luther King, the Dalai Lama, Alice Munro, Shailendra and unsung, everyday people with an extraordinary gift for hope, compassion, courage and perseverance.

Full of wisdom, bravery and—above all—compassion, beautifully designed and produced, this is a timeless book to possess and to gift.