{"product_id":"life-after-life","title":"Life After Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cb\u003ePRIZE-WINNING BESTSELLER,\u003c\/b\u003e now a major \u003cb\u003eBBC1 DRAMA SERIES\u003c\/b\u003e starring Thomasin McKenzie, Sian Clifford and James McArdle\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e directed by BAFTA award-winning John Crowley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Dazzling, witty, moving, joyful, mournful, profound...\u003c\/b\u003e one of the best novels I''ve read this century'' Gillian Flynn, bestselling author of GONE GIRL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A box of delights ... \u003c\/b\u003eit grips the reader''s imagination on the first page and never lets go.'' HILARY MANTEL, author of THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT\u003cbr\u003e___________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat if there \u003ci\u003ewere \u003c\/i\u003esecond 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife After Life \u003c\/i\u003efollows Ursula Todd as she lives through the turbulent events of the last century again and again. With wit and compassion, Kate Atkinson finds warmth even in life''s bleakest moments, and shows an extraordinary ability to evoke the past. Here she is at her most profound and inventive, in a novel that celebrates the best and worst of ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e____________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Merging family saga with a fluid sense of time and an extraordinarily vivid sense of history at its most human level. A \u003cb\u003edizzying and dazzling tour de force\u003c\/b\u003e'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eAbsolutely brilliant\u003c\/b\u003e...it reminded me a bit of her first book Behind the Scenes at the Museum, which is one of my most favourite books ever.'' Marian Keyes, author of \u003ci\u003eRachel, Again\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An \u003cb\u003eexceptional\u003c\/b\u003e writer'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''[A] magnificently tender and humane novel'' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A ferociously clever writer...a big, bold novel that is\u003cb\u003e enthralling, entertainin\u003c\/b\u003eg'' \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Exceptionally captivating''\u003c\/b\u003e New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eTruly brilliant.\u003c\/b\u003e..Think of Audrey Niffenegger''s \u003ci\u003eThe Time Traveler''s Wife\u003c\/i\u003e or David Nicholl''s \u003ci\u003eOne Day\u003c\/i\u003e.. a rare book that you want to start again the minute you have finished.'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57308193784190,"sku":"NW9780552776639","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780552776639.jpg?v=1778647339","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/life-after-life","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}