![]() This is the template for a pattern of alternative outcomes (sometimes more than two) repeated throughout the book. In one, the baby dies and in the other, she lives. The premise of Life After Life is a complex if not totally unfamiliar one: as the novel opens in February 1910 we are presented with two different accounts of protagonist Ursula Todd’s birth during a snowstorm. Any disappointment felt by fans of Brodie at his absence is likely to be shortlived if they pick up the author’s latest offering. Life After Life marks a return to the standalone novel following the four-part series featuring police inspector turned private detective Jackson Brodie. Since her debut Behind the Scenes at the Museum won the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year in 1995 she has consistently delivered a new book almost every two years. Unlike many other writers of that rank, she doesn’t subject her fans to long waits between titles. Kate Atkinson is one of Britain’s foremost literary novelists writing today – of this there is no doubt.
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