Old Doug
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ORIGINAL: cookiefiend I've just started Life After Life by Kate Atkinson - On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born, the third child of a wealthy English banker and his wife. Sadly, 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. Clearly history (and Kate Atkinson) have plans for her: In Ursula rests nothing less than the fate of civilization. (from the Goodreads site) Just finished (two days ago) Case Histories by her. It seems like the parts were simple, but deftly woven together into a very pleasing, seamless whole, not long at 310 pages; was sorry when it was over.
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