Life After Life

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Life After Life

By: Kate Atkinson

Narrated by: Fenella Woolgar

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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.

20th Century

Fiction

Genre Fiction

Historical

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

Women's Fiction

Romance

Heartfelt

England

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Kate Atkinson does not disappoint with this story where the main character has several opportunities to relive her life. The story is in true Atkinson style with lots of twists and turns and the narrator's voice is very soothing.If you have enjoyed this author's other novels, you should enjoy this.

Facinating

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I really enjoyed it, and thought Fenella Woolgar has the perfect voice (she has an amazing range and can do male, female and child's voices very convincingly). My only criticism is that it was over-long.... about 45 minutes before the end I was thinking "ok,.. I think we've finally got there"... and we hadn't. But in general I'd certainly recommend it.

Beautifully read

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This book has blown me away. The concept is fascinating while not unfamiliar. Yet the lot that explores and use it is so well crafted. A gripping tale. Fenella’s reading is superb. She is able to adapt her voice for all the characters so this book really comes alive.
If, like me you listen to audio books to help you sleep, and you drop off as you listen (Fenellas voice works for me but I mean that as a compliment) you’ll get an added bit of twist. But it’s so good you’ll just have to find the time to listen to it again.
Best audio book I’ve purchased

Absolutely stunning in concept and delivery

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oh I really struggled with this. could not understand what was going on. remember sliding doors? ..this was more like stuck on a escalator, battled it out to the end in hope of enlightment, but I am still on the dark, nice insight in how it must have felt being in a air raid and lovely narration.

ground hog day

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What did you like most about Life After Life?

Just the whole story - weird on so many levels, but compelling. It left me rather breathless.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Life After Life?

The story of firewatching in London. It reminded me of my mother's stories of firewatching in Liverpool. And I want to know more.

What does Fenella Woolgar bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

I'm not sure about the narration. Often words were swallowed which was annoying.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, there was too much to take all at once

Any additional comments?

I will be looking at more of Kaye Atkinson's books.

Stick with it - you won'tbe disappointed.

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