A god in ruins : a novel / Kate Atkinson.
By: Atkinson, Kate [author.]
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TextPublisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2015Edition: First United States edition.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-468).Description: 468 pages ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780316176538; 0316176532.Subject(s): Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- FictionDDC classification: 823/.914 Summary: The "dramatic story of the 20th century through Ursula's beloved younger brother Teddy--would-be poet, heroic pilot, husband, father, and grandfather--as he navigates the perils and progress of a rapidly changing world. After all that Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge is living in a future he never expected to have." -- provided by publisher.Summary: 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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| 821.912 Au23 W. H. Auden : a tribute / | 822.3 B623 Shakespeare : the invention of the human / | 822.33092 Sh156r William Shakespeare, a biography. | 823 At52 2015 A god in ruins : a novel / | 823 Au768b Jane Austen and the war of ideas / | 823 C43 1995 The last time I saw mother / | 823 C835 2008 The power of one / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-468).
The "dramatic story of the 20th century through Ursula's beloved younger brother Teddy--would-be poet, heroic pilot, husband, father, and grandfather--as he navigates the perils and progress of a rapidly changing world. After all that Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge is living in a future he never expected to have." -- provided by publisher.
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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