Life After Life
Kate Atkinson's Life After Life (2013) is an alternate history and historical fiction novel. It takes readers to Great Britain in the 20th century. It deals with Reincarnation, Englisch, war and alternative history.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 15 ratings, and 71 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 18 editions. It appeared on the New York Times Combined Print And E-Book Fiction bestseller list in 2013.
It runs to roughly 529 pages — 9–10 hours of reading at an average pace.
About Life After Life
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?
Awards & lists
- ✦Locus Awards 2014 — Best Fantasy Novel (nominee)
- 📰New York Times bestseller list — Combined Print And E-Book Fiction, 2013
- 📰New York Times bestseller list — Hardcover Fiction, 2013
- 📰New York Times bestseller list — Trade Fiction Paperback, 2014
Quick answers
Who wrote Life After Life?
Life After Life was written by Kate Atkinson and first published in 2013.
What genre is Life After Life?
It is usually shelved as Alternate History and Historical Fiction.
How long is Life After Life?
The median edition has 529 pages, about 9–10 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Life After Life?
Readers who like it often enjoy Settling Accounts, The Incarnations and Sharpe's Tiger.
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