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Dear Mr/Mrs (Agent's surname),

Please find enclosed the first seventeen pages, plus a very brief synopsis, of Broken, a novel I have recently completed. It tells the story of an eight year old girl who is in a coma. As her family sit waiting for her to either regain consciousness or die, she debates her options and reflects upon the chain of events that have led her to death's door.

Written in a similar style to Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, I think anyone who enjoyed Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones would get a lot out of this book: although it's an entirely different read, the mood and emotions provoked are similar.

On a personal note, I am thirty-six years old and have had short stories and poetry published in various collections. Broken is my fourth novel.

If you want to see the whole novel, I'd be delighted to send it to you.

With best wishes

Daniel Clay
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