![]() ![]() ![]() Other writers would shy away from some of the extraordinarily coincidental moments she dares to plot into her stories, and very likely the weird parallels in the various subplots, too, but in sublime combination, these elements truly MAKE her books. But I will rave about this: I love her unapologetic use of coincidence. And there's little I can rave about her work that hasn't been raved about by others before me. ![]() ![]() It confirms Kate Atkinson’s position as one of the great writers of our time. Started Early, Took My Dog is freighted with wit, wisdom, and a fierce moral intelligence. All three characters learn that the past is never history. Witnesses to Tracy’s outrageous exchange in the Merrion Centre in Leeds are Tilly, an elderly actress teetering on the brink of her own disaster, and Jackson Brodie-who has returned to his home county in search of someone else’s roots. That one moment of madness is all it takes for Tracy’s humdrum world to be turned upside down, the tedium of everyday life replaced by fear and danger at every turn. It’s a day like any other for security chief Tracy Waterhouse-until she makes a shocking impulse purchase. ![]()
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