This week’s mini-review is courtesy of Mundaring School for Seniors Book Club. Life 
After Life by Kate Atkinson was rated from 6/10 to 9.5/10, so some people loved it and for others it was a bit “meh”! Book Club members loved its descriptions, and settings in the English countryside and Second World War.
Ursula Todd is born in the middle of a winter’s night in 1910, only to die before taking her first breath. On the same night, the same Ursula Todd is born, but lives. This happens again and again. Life After Life has won several awards, and is the first in a trilogy about the Todd family. Some people love this book, but some find the time travel jumps disconcerting. There is no question that the writing is beautiful, but readers may find the premise the book is founded on difficult to accommodate. This is definitely a book one needs to read to decide for oneself whether it works or not. It certainly causes a lot of fodder for book club discussions!
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