It's all so richly imagined and ingeniously executed that the mystery feels right. Watching that pursuit is frequently heartbreaking and entirely thrilling." - Katie Arnold-Ratliff, Time, "Audacious, the kind of sweeping virtuoso epic that actually earns overheated book-jacket phrases like 'tour de force!'.Atkinson is a fantastic storyteller. Some of Ursula's narratives are so compelling, so convincing, that it is hard to imagine her ending up any other way."- Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, "Atkinson has a knack for puzzle-making.creating a series of narrative fragments that cohere into a breathtaking whole.By the final chapters, it's clear that Ursula is gaining on something much bigger than any of her lives: a true calling. Some of Ursula's narratives are so compelling, so convincing, that it is hard to imagine her ending up any other way." - Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, "Inventive.This ingenious narrative conceit not only illustrates how seemingly small decisions can affect our lives, it also allows us as readers to inhabit a novelist's creative process.Atkinson has crafted a narrative that pushes us to think about our own choices. "Inventive.This ingenious narrative conceit not only illustrates how seemingly small decisions can affect our lives, it also allows us as readers to inhabit a novelist's creative process.Atkinson has crafted a narrative that pushes us to think about our own choices.
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