A god in ruins : a novel
Atkinson, Kate
A god in ruins : a novel / Kate Atkinson. - First United States edition. - New York : Little, Brown and Company , 2015 - 468 p. ; 25 cm
Sequel to: Life after life (2013).
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.
English
9780316176538
World War, 1939-1945---Veterans---Fiction
War---Psychological aspects----Fiction
Social distance----Fiction
Veteran reintegration----Fiction
Great Britain---History---20th century----Fiction
Historical fiction
PR6051.T56 / G63 2015
FIC ATK
A god in ruins : a novel / Kate Atkinson. - First United States edition. - New York : Little, Brown and Company , 2015 - 468 p. ; 25 cm
Sequel to: Life after life (2013).
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.
English
9780316176538
World War, 1939-1945---Veterans---Fiction
War---Psychological aspects----Fiction
Social distance----Fiction
Veteran reintegration----Fiction
Great Britain---History---20th century----Fiction
Historical fiction
PR6051.T56 / G63 2015
FIC ATK
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