A God in Ruins

by Kate Atkinson

‘The purpose of Art,’ his mother, Sylvie, said – instructed even – ‘is to convey the truth of a thing, not to be the truth itself.’

‘Going back is usually more painful than going forward,’

A whole life could be contained in a dinner-service pattern.

Give Viola three wishes and what would she ask for? Her children back as babies. Her children back as babies. Her children back as babies.