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Life After Life
Ursula Todd lives, dies and begins again, through two world wars
2013Steady paceThoughtful
A woman born again and again
Kate Atkinson's novel begins with the birth of Ursula Todd in England in 1910. Ursula keeps dying and being born again into the same family, and each life goes a little differently. The story passes through both world wars, including the London Blitz.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who enjoy literary fiction that puts character and language first.
More about this book
Who
Ursula Todd and her family in England.
World
England, from 1910 through the Second World War.
What makes it different
One life is told many times, and each version changes small choices.
Feel
Inventive and absorbing.
Facts
Genre
Literary Fiction · World War II · Alternate lives · England
Length
529 pages · ≈ 15 h
About the author
Kate Atkinson1 book on Tori BooksKate Atkinson is an English novelist, born in York.Also in the collection: Best World War II Fiction
The Nightingale
Sarah's Key
Lilac Girls
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The Book Thief
Suite Française
The Invisible Bridge
All the Light We Cannot See
Fugitive Pieces
Sophie's Choice