This is, first and foremost, a beautifully written novel. It is such a pleasure to start into a book and realize that you are in the hands of an expert writer - one who will steer you deftly through an interesting story without hazarding any mishap. Architecturally, this is a terrifically ambitious ...
Life After Life started as a defective Overdrive download which caused the book to restart and repeat sections in the first few hours of audio. Pretty freaky, huh? Those of you who have read this book will understand how this seriously messed with my head. You see, the main character Ursula Todd...
If Ursula Todd, born during a blizzard at Fox Corner in 1910, the youngest daughter of Sylvie and Hugh, had been from a family of golfers, she might have been named Mulligan. She had the dubious distinction of living a life of do-overs, reshuffling the circumstances until she got it right. Her mothe...
During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath. During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale. What if there were second chances? And third chances? In fact an infinite number of chances to live your life?...
Kate Atkinson is one of my favourite writers. She observes characters so well and her dialogue between them is pitch perfect. While the premise of this story could have been made quite fantastical and schmaltzy, Atkinson handled it deftly and without sentiment. I was hooked to each of Ursula's ...
What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right? During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath. During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale. What if th...
I'm putting a bow on 2013 by noting my five most satisfying reading experiences of the year - and one memorable other. There are no spoilers here! You can get enough plot details from book blurbs and dozens of other sources. So here they are, in no particular order: Dodger, by Terry Pratchett P...
Are all possible futures taking place simultaneously? This is a clever little mind-fuck of a book. I like the idea of living life as the same person again and again rather than being born as someone new in every incarnation. The writing is excellent and the concept is intriguing, but the book rem...
Wow, this is an excellent book. Unusual and brutally sad, but excellent.You’ve probably already read the description of this book: it’s about a character living her life over and over again, vaguely aware of what’s happened before and able to make changes and correct her mistakes. Ursula is born to ...
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