{"title":"Kate Atkinson","description":"KATE ATKINSON is one of the world's foremost novelists whose most recent novel was the critically acclaimed Shrines of Gaiety, set in the aftermath of the First World War. She won the Whitbread Book of the Year prize with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Her three critically lauded and prize- winning novels set around the Second World War are Life After Life, a worldwide bestseller, A God in Ruins (both winners of the Costa Novel Award) and Transcription. Her bestselling literary crime novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie became a BBC television series starring Jason Isaacs. 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As a novelist, I was staggered by Kate Atkinson's narrative wizardry. -- Stephen King","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101642789087,"sku":"9780316012836","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/R200ZUU2NXVyQzdzbzgyWllpeU5Udz09.webp?v=1781071882"},{"product_id":"life-after-life-hardcover","title":"Life After Life - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat if you could live again and again, until you got it right?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. 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