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ISBN13: 9780316176484
ISBN10: 0316176486
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What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in a variety of ways, while the young century marches on towards its second cataclysmic world war. Does Ursula's apparently infinite number of lives give her the power to save the world from its inevitable destiny?

Wildly inventive, darkly comic, startlingly poignant — this is Kate Atkinson at her absolute best.

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"Kate Atkinson is a marvel. There aren't enough breathless adjectives to describe Life After Life: Dazzling, witty, moving, joyful, mournful, profound. Wildly inventive, deeply felt. Hilarious. Humane. Simply put: It's one of the best novels I've read this century." Gillian Flynn, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Gone Girl

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"Life After Life is a masterpiece about how even the smallest choices can sometimes change the course of history. It's wise, bittersweet, funny, and unlike anything else you've ever read. Kate Atkinson is one of my all-time favorite novelists, and I believe this is her best book yet." J. Courtney Sullivan, bestselling author of Maine and Commencement
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Kate Atkinson won the Whitbread Book of the Year award for her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, and has been an internationally bestselling author ever since. Her most recent books include Case Histories, One Good Turn, When Will There Be Good News?, and Started Early, Took My Dog. Atkinson lives in Edinburgh.
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jksquires, May 3, 2013 (view all comments by jksquires)
I stayed up into the wee hours to finish Life after Life last night, and I must say this is one of the most interesting, original and intense books I've read in a very long time. Suffice it to say that Ursula is born over and over again, with the path of her lives taking more twists and turns than any roller coast ever invented, including an opportunity to kill Hitler before he could launch World War II. I will say no more because I don't wish to give too much away. Atkinson, as I had already discovered by reading several of her early books, is a marvel and should be recognized as one of the very best modern novelists.
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ikram, April 7, 2013 (view all comments by ikram)
There is whimsy and humor laced throughout this novel and it makes for a beautiful contrast to the more serious components of tragedy and war. Life is a farce after all; if you can't find the humor in it you've been doing it wrong or have missed the point entirely. Atkinson has not missed the point. As readers, we are in capable hands. She has one helluva story to tell you, and trust me, you don't want to miss it.
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ISBN:
9780316176484
Author:
Atkinson, Kate
Publisher:
Reagan Arthur Books
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
2013
Publication Date:
20130431
Binding:
HARDCOVER
Language:
English
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Product details pages Reagan Arthur Books - English 9780316176484 Reviews:
"Review" by , "Kate Atkinson is a marvel. There aren't enough breathless adjectives to describe Life After Life: Dazzling, witty, moving, joyful, mournful, profound. Wildly inventive, deeply felt. Hilarious. Humane. Simply put: It's one of the best novels I've read this century."
"Review" by , "Life After Life is a masterpiece about how even the smallest choices can sometimes change the course of history. It's wise, bittersweet, funny, and unlike anything else you've ever read. Kate Atkinson is one of my all-time favorite novelists, and I believe this is her best book yet."
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