A Novel "One of the best novels I've read this century. Kate Atkinson is a marvel. There aren't enough breathless adjectives to describe LIFE AFTER LIFE: Dazzling, witty, moving, joyful, mournful, profound."--Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl 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, the third child of a wealthy 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 any number of ways. Ursula's world is in turmoil, facing the unspeakable evil of the two greatest wars in history. What power and force can one woman exert over the fate of civilization -- if only she has the chance? Wildly inventive, dark
roman Psykologisk thriller, hvor privatdetektiven Jackson Brodie skal opklare tre historiske sager: en 3-årig piges sporløse forsvinden, en tilsyneladende galnings nedslagtning af en ung pige på et advokatkontor og en ung mor, der er dømt for øksemord på sin mand, hvis datter er forsvundet Titel: Familiehistorier : roman Forfatter: Kate Atkinson Forlag: Lindhardt og Ringhof Udgivelsesår: 2007 Sider: 347 Sprog: Dansk
An extended family gathers in late August to celebrate the seventy-fifth birthday of its formidable matriarch, Leonora. She is the daughter of the famous Edwardian painter Ethan Walsh, whose paintings are kept at the family home, Willow Court in Wiltshire. At Leonora's house party will be her daughters, Gwen and Rilla, whom she raised alone after she was widowed in her late twenties; Rilla's stepdaughter Beth; and Gwen's husband and three children with their spouses and lovers. One outsider joins the group: Sean Everard, a television director who's making a documentary about the life and work of Ethan Walsh. All families have their dark side and Leonora's is no exception. By the time the marquee is dismantled and all the guests have gone their separate ways, two shocking past events have come to light, to rock complacency and change for ever the lives of Leonora and her daughters. Forfat
Summary: It gets into your bones. You don't even realise it, until you're driving through it, watching all the things you've always known and leaving them behind. Young Londoners Becky, Harry and Leon are escaping the city in a fourth-hand Ford Cortina with a suitcase full of stolen money. Taking us back in time - and into the heart of London - The Bricks that Built the Houses explores a cross-section of contemporary urban life with a powerful moral microscope, giving us intimate stories of hidden lives, and showing us that good intentions don't always lead to the right decisions. Leading us into the homes and hearts of ordinary people, their families and their communities, Kate Tempest exposes moments of beauty, disappointment, ambition and failure. Wise but never cynical, driven by empathy and ethics, The Bricks the Built the Houses questions how we live with and love one another Forla
The Glass Room,Kate Holmquist. Forlag: Penguin Ireland Udgivelsesår: 2006 Sider: 339 Sprog: Engelsk
"'Sometimes I have the feeling I'm going to turn out to be something queer when I grow up. Mathilda is so ordinary, she makes me feel special. I am not like her. I want to be different, I don't know how. Mathilda hates to be different. I am different already.' Millicent King, 26 November 1914 "'There was nothing ordinary about this woman. Indeed, I now wonder if there is any such thing as an ordinary life at all.' Margaret Forster, Introduction to "Diary of an Ordinary Woman Millicent King is an 'ordinary' woman living through extraordinary times in this brilliantly conceived piece of fictional memoir writing. Diary of an Ordinary Woman is the edited diary of fictional woman Millicent King (1901-1995). From the age of 13, on the eve of the Great War, Millicent King keeps her journals in a series of exercise books. The diary records the dramas of everyday life in an ordinary English famil
I 1976 bliver Tiggy enlig mor og får hjælp af veninden Julia. Sammen skjuler de en familiehemmelighed, som 30 år senere skaber utryghed hos Tiggys søn, der selv skal være far Titel: Stemmer fra fortiden Genre: roman_samtid Sammendrag: Midt om vinteren i en sneramt egn ved Bodmin Moor ankommer den gravide Tiggy til et hyggeligt, isoleret hus, hvor hun skal føde sit barn i trygge omgivelser. Hendes kæreste og barnets far dør imidlertid i en tragedie, og Tiggy må klare sig som enlig mor. Veninden Julia støtter hende, og sammen bærer de på en familiehemmelighed, som de forsøger at skjule for omverdenen. Tre årtier senere venter Tiggys søn selv barn. Den gamle hemmelighed, som familien så omhyggeligt har holdt skjult for ham, truer nu med at underminere hans selvforståelse og hele familiens liv. Historien undersøger, hvordan fortidens valg og loyale eller svigtende handlinger påvirker relatio
Softcover book. Published by Penguin Random House (1996). Forlag: Vintage
