- Veteran reintegration, World War, 1939-1945, Social distance, History
Ursula Todd's brother Teddy is an old man trying to come to grips with his post-War life and with a modern world and family. Switching back and forth in time between memories of his childhood and his present, Teddy is an oblivious husband, a rueful father.
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Contemplative, earnest, grave and character-led.
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Kate Atkinson
- First published
- 2015
- Pages
- 468
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780316176538
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Kate Atkinson was born in York and now lives in Edinburgh. Her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. Besides novels, she has penned one play and a collection of short stories.
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