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Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)

Kate Atkinson

Start date: March 22, 2014

Finish date: March 31, 2014

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Mar 19, 2014 Nadine rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2014, historical, ebooks-2014, group-reads, altlasten-2014

Ursula lebt ihr Leben wieder und wieder. Mal stirbt sie gleich bei der Geburt im Jahr 1910, dann ist der Arzt bei der Geburt zugegen und kann die um ihren Hals gewickelte Nabelschnur rechtzeitig kappen, doch sie ertrinkt mit 5 Jahren im Meer. Mal wird sie vorm Ertrinken bewahrt, stürzt aber ein paar Monate später aus dem Fenster. Je mehr Klippen sie in ihrem Leben umschifft, desto mehr wird ihr Leben und das ihrer Lieben vom 2. Weltkrieg überschattet, bis Ursula schließlich beschließt, ihr Leben ...more

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Jan 12, 2017 Shanoe rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: 2017

Hm. Unfortunately, I didn't really like this book. The first 100 pages were simply exhausting and dull at the same time, then, with the war, it got more interessting, but I still was missing the part, where Ursula really realizes what is happening to her, where she thinks about it let's the reader know. Maybe I read to fast and missed some keys, but I think that's because I really wasn't into the story. It's really sad because I think the concept is pretty cool, but I just expected a different k ...more

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Dec 02, 2016 Ana rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: h-rbuch, library-of-philadelphia, 2016, awards

This audiobook just tells you how fragile life is. And how precious. I've never listend to a story like this, and I have mixed feelings. In the end, it just made me feel pretty depressed. Not a lightweight. ...more

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