A god in ruins : a novel /
Atkinson, Kate,
A god in ruins : a novel / Kate Atkinson. - First United States edition. - 468 pages ; 25 cm
Sequel to: Life after life (2013).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-468).
Ursula Todd's brother Teddy is an old man trying to come to grips with his post-War life and with a modern world and family. Switching back and forth in time between memories of his childhood and his present, Teddy is an oblivious husband, a rueful father. He never quite got over the War and part of him never adjusted to having a future. Would-be poet, heroic pilot, husband, father, and grandfather, Teddy navigates the perils and progress of a rapidly changing world; his greatest challenge is living in a future he never expected to have.
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2015933947
Social distance--Fiction.
Veteran reintegration--Fiction.
War--Psychological aspects--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Great Britain--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--20th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
A god in ruins : a novel / Kate Atkinson. - First United States edition. - 468 pages ; 25 cm
Sequel to: Life after life (2013).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-468).
Ursula Todd's brother Teddy is an old man trying to come to grips with his post-War life and with a modern world and family. Switching back and forth in time between memories of his childhood and his present, Teddy is an oblivious husband, a rueful father. He never quite got over the War and part of him never adjusted to having a future. Would-be poet, heroic pilot, husband, father, and grandfather, Teddy navigates the perils and progress of a rapidly changing world; his greatest challenge is living in a future he never expected to have.
0316176532 9780316176538
2015933947
Social distance--Fiction.
Veteran reintegration--Fiction.
War--Psychological aspects--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Great Britain--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--20th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.