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Liz Crowe's avatar

These 2 books are ones that have stayed with me ever since I first read them. Thanks for enunciating why that is for me and reminding me that I might be due for a re-read!

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DR Darke's avatar

I've never read these books.

Thanks for the recommend!

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Susan Linehan's avatar

I love Kate Atkinson. Thanks for the discussion.

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Rachel Baldes's avatar

I love her, I love those books. Like those are the kind of books that I inhale and then wish I read slower so it would last longer. I usually prefer "God In Ruins" but it's almost equally split between the two. I prefer Ursula though. So I don't know what that says.

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Susan Travis's avatar

Atkinson's novels about Jackson Brodie are also terrific!

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mermcoelho's avatar

I haven’t read either of these- and I found your review very moving. My mom died when I was 20 and I have so often wondered what if. . .

Maybe that’s what missing her is- the wondering I mean. I’m 53 and I still miss her. Thank you for this.

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Elizabeth Ayer's avatar

Kate Atkinson - a brilliant writer and thinker with a wickedly ironic world view.

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Susan Travis's avatar

Thanks for reminding me how fascinating these books are and what an inventive writer Kate Atkinson is.

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