A God in Ruins

"Buy a house in East London today and a real estate agent may warn you that the foundation is uneven because of bomb damage from World War II. British people have a more personal relationship to the Second World War than most Americans do, and that immediacy comes through vividly in Kate Atkinson’s A God In Ruins. Her main character, Teddy, is a fighter pilot whose exploits feel more harrowing than heroic. It’s Atkinson’s second book exploring the same family — the first was her virtuosic 2013 novel, Life After Life. We should be so lucky to get a third."

"I adored lovely, sad Teddy in A God in Ruins."

"At the end of "A God in Ruins," by Kate Atkinson, I was crying so hard that I nearly choked. But I was also really happy to be so transported by a piece of writing."