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- Case Histories 4,891 copies, 206 reviews
- Behind the Scenes at the Museum 3,243 copies, 80 reviews
- One Good Turn: A Jolly Murder Mystery 2,695 copies, 137 reviews
- When Will There Be Good News? 2,416 copies, 159 reviews
- Started Early, Took My Dog 1,549 copies, 114 reviews
- Human Croquet 1,256 copies, 27 reviews
- Emotionally Weird 1,144 copies, 25 reviews
- Life After Life 780 copies, 64 reviews
- Not the End of the World 663 copies, 21 reviews
- Abandonment 20 copies
- On a de la chance de vivre aujourd'hui 8 copies, 1 review
- Behind The Scenes at the Museum / Human Croquet / Emotionally Weird 6 copies
- BOSOM BUDDIES: WOMEN'S STORIES ABOUT FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND LIFE. 4 copies
- Snap Shots 2 copies
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What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you got it right? The characters in this genre-bending book get just that.
Atkinson will be in conversation with Sue Turnbull.
Kate Atkinson appears as part of a double-bill with Sylvia Nasar.
Kate Atkinson is presented in association with Sisters in Crime. (rodneyvc)… (more) Kate Atkinson has 14 past events. (show)  MysteryPeople Presents: KATE ATKINSON - Life After Life Sunday, April 21 at 4PM MysteryPeople Presents Bestselling Author Kate Atkinson speaking & signing Life after life (credit: Euan Myles) 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?
Wildly inventive, darkly comic, startlingly poignant--this is Kate Atkinson at her absolute best.
Kate Atkinson won the Whitbread Book of the Year award for her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, and has been an internationally bestselling author ever since. Her most recent books include Case Histories, One Good Turn, When Will There Be Good News?, and Started Early, Took My Dog. Atkinson lives in Edinburgh.
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Location: Street: 603 N Lamar Blvd City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78703-5413 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) Tuesday @ Two Book Discussion Join us for a lively discussion, led by librarian Patty Sussmann of the book Life After Life by renowned author Kate Atkinson. Copies of the book will be available at the Town Branch by 1/24. This discussion limited to 9 patrons due to advance copies of the book. Registration is required. Registration Ends: 2/27/2013 at 12:00 AM Contact: Patty Sussmann
Contact Number: 563-3629 (amac121212)… (more) Mystery Book Discussion Group Our Mystery Book Discussion Group meets the third Friday of every month. This month the group will be discussing Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson. Reminder: If you're a member of our book discussion group, you'll get this book at a discount! Location: Street: 428 Main Street City: Bethlehem, Province: Pennsylvania Postal Code: 18018-5809 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)BookWoman BookGroup: Case Histories Case Histories, by Kate AtkinsonCase One: A little girl goes missing in the night. Case Two: A beautiful young office worker falls victim to a maniac's apparently random attack. Case Three: A new mother finds herself trapped in a hell of her... own making - with a very needy baby and a very demanding husband - until a fit of rage creates a grisly, bloody escape. Thirty years after the first incident, as private investigator Jackson Brodie begins investigating all three cases, startling connections and discoveries emerge . . .
Case Histories is also a six-part B.B.C. TV series adapted from Kate Atkinson's compelling mysteries.
"Not just the best novel I read this year, but the best mystery of the decade. . . . I defy any reader not to feel a combination of delight and amazement."- Stephen King
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Location: Street: 5501 N Lamar Blvd Additional: #A-105 City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78751-1029 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) Evening Book Club Discussion Please join us for Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson. New members are always welcome! Our book clubs are open to the community. You may either purchase the book (a 20% book club discount will be applied), or pay a $5.00 partcipation fee. Location: Street: 674 Main Street Additional: Salford Square City: Harleysville, Province: Pennsylvania Postal Code: 19438-1665 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Northshire Women Reading Group The Northshire Women Read group will meet on Monday, March 12th, 6pm at The Inn at Manchester. Our book choice for March is, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, by Kate Atkinson. New members are always welcome. If you would like more information on this reading group, please contact nscheemaker@northshire.com Location: Street: The Inn at Manchester Additional: City: Manchester, Province: Vermont Postal Code: 05254 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)An Evening with Kate Atkinson Kate Atkinson discusses Started Early Took My Dog. An Evening with Kate Atkinson Friday 15 July Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal | 7.30pm Adored by readers, this is one event you won’t want to miss. The York-born Atkinson’s latest novel, Started Early Took My Dog, part of her Jackson Brodie series, is in part homage to the beauty of north Yorkshire. This is a chance to indulge in her brilliant writing in the most brilliant of settings – the majestic Fountains Abbey. “Atkinson’s prose is diamond-cut to twinkle and slice by turns. Her playful sense of humour dances round the darkness of her themes.” The Telegraph. This event will take place in an outdoor venue (the Abbey ruins). Audience should be advised that weather appropriate clothing and sensible footwear should be worn. Parking is available at the West Gate Car Park at Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal. In good weather the event will take place in the Abbey Cloister. In the event of inclement weather the event will take place in the Abbey Cellarium. Tickets: £10 Unreserved (harrogatefestival)… (more) Kate Atkinson Kate Atkinson reads from When Will There Be Good News?. Bestselling novelist, Kate Atkinson, continues to blur the divisions between literary and crime fiction. This award winning writer will talk about her work including her eighth book When Will There Be Good News? (JodieGreen) Midsummer Nights - Kate Atkinson, Lynne Truss and Jeanette Winterson. Kate Atkinson, When Will There Be Good News?.; Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!.; Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. Tickets £10 To celebrate its 75th year, Glyndebourne commissioned some of our best writers to compose a story inspired by a favourite opera.The resulting anthology, edited by Jeanette Winterson, is set to become a classic. So bring your picnic hampers and champagne and listen to Kate Atkinson on La Traviata, Lynne Truss on The Turn of the Screw and Jeanette Winterson on La Fanciulla del West. Kate Atkinson is the author of Behind the Scenes at the Museum and When will there be good news? Lynne Truss, novelist and playwright, is the author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves; Jeanette Winterson is the author of Oranges are Not the Only Fruit and The Passion. (DeadGoodBooks)… (more) Wednesday Night Owls Book Group: "Behind the Scenes at the Museum" by Kate Atkinson
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