Life After Life
A Novel
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4.0 • 134 Ratings
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
"Is there Life After Life, chance after chance to rewrite one's destiny? That is the question posed by Atkinson's tale and brought to life by the miracle of her talent." —Toronto Star
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 there were second chances? And third chances? In fact an infinite number of chances to live your life? Would you eventually be able to save the world from its own inevitable destiny? And would you even want to?
Life After Life follows Ursula Todd as she lives through the turbulent events of the last century again and again. With wit and compassion, she finds warmth even in life's bleakest moments, and shows an extraordinary ability to evoke the past. Here is Kate Atkinson at her most profound and inventive, in a novel that celebrates the best and worst of ourselves.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
In Kate Atkinson’s latest novel, Ursula Todd is born, dies, and yet lives her life again and again in a story of shifting times and history. While it’s no straightforward tale, trust that you’re in the hands of a master storyteller. Atkinson’s bewitching tale ultimately considers deep questions in ways that are profound, touching, and funny.
Customer Reviews
Life after Life
While reading this offering, by Kate Atkinson, I found myself wondering how many times I was going to have to read, read and reread the same chapter. This book deals with reincarnation, which is in and of itself, an exciting and interesting theory. However, in my opinion, if an author writes about a series of events, and then puts the reader through almost the exact same passages, over and over, with only subtle details changing... Well, it becomes very boring, and tedious. Ms. Atkinson did show that she did a fair amount of research, by illuminating life in war-torn London in WWII, and may have gotten some ideas for her story from "The Kindly Ones". I am glad that I finally made it through this book-I hoped for an exciting ending, that would make up for the repetitive nature of this work, but sadly it disappointed me. It originally came to my attention as An Editors Pick in the I Store-it certainly would not classify as a pick of mine, nor would i recommend it to anyone.