Review
I find that I must agree with mystery/suspense author Harlan
Coban in saying that Kate Atkinson is a "must read" author.
When Will There
Be Good News begins with a horrible life altering crime that occurred to a
family over 30 years ago. The results of this crime unfold throughout the span
of the story. Kate Atkinson has the amazing ability to allow individual pieces
of the lives of her characters to connect and intermix and even unravel in a
mesmerizing fast paced way. I fully intended to read this book in a calm and
normal manner but once the story began to unfold…I literally attacked the book
and could not resume my regular life until I had read the final page. In fact, I
read the last 50 pages so breathlessly that I could not have stopped reading if
I had wanted to. I literally did not want the story to end even while I was
speed-reading...
Beyond the Book
About the Author
Kate Atkinson was born in York, England in 1951 and studied English Literature at
Dundee University in Scotland. After graduating in 1974, she researched a postgraduate
doctorate on American Literature. She later taught at Dundee University and began writing
short stories in 1981. She started writing for women's magazines after winning the
1986
Woman's Own Short Story Competition.
Her first novel,
Behind the Scenes at the Museum (1995), won the 1995
Whitbread Book of the Year award. Set in Yorkshire, the book has been adapted
for radio, theater and TV. This was followed by
Human Croquet (1977),
Abandonment (2000),
Emotionally Weird (2000),
Not the End of the World (2002),
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