Life after life : a novel / Kate Atkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Atkinson, Kate.

Series:

Todd Family ; 1.

Todd Family ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reincarnation--Fiction.

Reincarnation.

History.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--20th century--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Alternative histories (Fiction)

Humorous fiction.

Physical Description:

xi, 529 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First United States edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Reagan Arthur Books / Little, Brown and Company, 2013.

Summary:

"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? And if she can -- will she? Darkly comic, startlingly poignant, and utterly original -- this is Kate Atkinson at her absolute best"-- Provided by publisher.

"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? And if she can -- will she?"-- ǂc Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780316176484

0316176486

OCLC:

806015209