false 15552796 381149 6867 038572179X 9780385721790 5886 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/68/867/6867-m-1255824310.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/68/867/6867-s-1255824310.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6867.Atonement 3.71 39668
On a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a moment s flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant and Cecilia s childhood friend. But Briony s incomplete grasp of adult motives together with her precocious literary gifts brings about a crime that will change all their lives. As it follows that crime s repercussions through the chaos and carnage of World War II and into the close of the twentieth century, Atonement engages the reader on every conceivable level, with an ease and authority that mark it as a genuine masterpiece.]]> 2408 3.61 79105 12164 2001 5 25 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 04:48:21 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 07:41:14 -0800 2008 Atonement, which quite impressed me when it was first published. And guess what? It was an even more rewarding experience the second time around. Knowing what was coming -- knowing the plot twist at the end -- helped...more...]]>