by Kate Atkinson (2013)
What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in a variety of ways, while the young century marches on towards its second cataclysmic world war. Does Ursula's apparently infinite number of lives give her the power to save the world from its inevitable destiny? And if she can -- will she?
Zadie Smith
"Four Londoners--Leah, Natalie, Felix, and Nathan--try to make adult lives outside of Caldwell, the council estate of their childhood. From private houses to public parks, at work and at play, their London is a complicated place, as beautiful as it is brutal, where the thoroughfares hide the back alleys and taking the high road can sometimes lead you to a dead end."--From publisher's information.
A. S. Byatt
A whistling woman is a celebrated work by A. S. Byatt (Booker Prize Winner), recognized for masterclass storytelling and lasting literary resonance.
Peter Carey
Data protection is a celebrated work by Peter Carey (Double Booker Prize Winner), recognized for masterclass storytelling and lasting literary resonance.
Andrea Levy
This tale is set in Jamaica during the last turbulent years of slavery and the early years of freedom that followed.