Life After Life by Kate Atkinson is one of the most original novels I have ever read. The protagonist, Ursula Todd is born in England on a snowy February day in 1910. She dies many times, including once at childbirth, and yet is always reborn, though she has only the faintest memories of these other lives.

The story culminates during WWII and the Blitz. In an incredible feat of storytelling, Atkinson interweaves Ursula’s many seperate lives into one cohesive story. She shows the many different paths a life can take based chance, choice, or perhaps fate.

It took me a while to get into this novel, but once I did, I couldn’t put it down. A worthwhile read.