She lived in Whitby, Yorkshire for a time, before moving to Edinburgh, where she taught at Dundee University and began writing short stories. During her final year of this course, she was married for the first time, although the marriage lasted only two years.Īfter leaving the university, she took on a variety of miscellaneous jobs from home help to legal secretary and teacher. She subsequently studied for a doctorate in American Literature which she failed at the viva stage. Kate Atkinson was born in York, and studied English Literature at the University of Dundee, gaining her Masters Degree in 1974. Currently-lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.Saltire Book of the Year Award Prix Westminster Awards-Whitbread Award Woman's Own Short Story Award Ian St.This is the first in the Jackson Brodie series, followed by One Good Turn and When Will There be Good News.
Kate Atkinson's celebrated talent makes for a novel that positively sparkles with surprise, comedy, tragedy, and constant, page-turning delight. Inextricably caught up in his clients grief, joy, and desire, Jackson finds their unshakable need for resolution very much like his own. A very needy baby and a very demanding husband make her every waking moment a reminder that somewhere, somehow, she'd made a grave mistake and would spend the rest of her life paying for it-until a fit of rage creates a grisly, bloody escape.Īs Private Detective Jackson Brodie investigates all three cases, startling connections and discoveries emerge. But her first day as an associate in his law firm is also the day when Theo's world turns upside down.Ĭase Three: Michelle looks around one day and finds herself trapped in a hell of her own making. Thirty years later, two of her surviving sisters unearth a shocking clue to Olivia's disappearance among the clutter of their childhood home.Ĭase Two: Theo delights in his daughter Laura's wit, effortless beauty, and selfless love. A triumphant new novel from award-winner Kate Atkinson: a breathtaking story of families divided, love lost and found, and the mysteries of fate.Ĭase One: Olivia Land, youngest and most beloved of the Land girls, goes missing in the night and is never seen again.
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