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Case Histories: A Novel
by: Kate Atkinson

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Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780316740401
ISBN: 0316740403
Label: Little, Brown and Company
Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: November 09, 2004
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Studio: Little, Brown and Company
Sales Rank: 178450

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Product Description:
A triumphant new novel from award-winner Kate Atkinson: a breathtaking story of families divided, love lost and found, and the mysteries of fate.

Case One: Olivia Land, youngest and most beloved of the Land girls, goes missing in the night and is never seen again. Thirty years later, two of her surviving sisters unearth a shocking clue to Olivias disappearance among the clutter of their childhood home. . .

Case Two: Theo delights in his daughter Lauras wit, effortless beauty, and selfless love. But her first day as an associate in his law firm is also the day when Theos world turns upside down. . .

Case Three: Michelle looks around one day and finds herself trapped in a hell of her own making. A very needy baby and a very demanding husband make her every waking moment a reminder that somewhere, somehow, shed made a grave mistake and would spend the rest of her life paying for it--until a fit of rage creates a grisly, bloody escape.

As Private Detective Jackson Brodie investigates all three cases, startling connections and discoveries emerge. Inextricably caught up in his clients grief, joy, and desire, Jackson finds their unshakable need for resolution very much like his own.

Kate Atkinsons celebrated talent makes for a novel that positively sparkles with surprise, comedy, tragedy, and constant, page-turning delight.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- A Terrific Story
I read for story. If characters are developed it's a definite plus. If the writing is interesting and gets to the point with an economy of useful words, I'm hooked. I was hooked on this story (stories) and finished it in three days. Then I went out and got "When Will There Be Good News". If your tastes are like mine, you'll enjoy Atkinson.

Rating:

- Demands to be read a second time
Like all Kate Atkinson books, you feel you need to read it again. The plot and the characters are very intertwined and it is only on a second reading that some of the subtle connections become clear. This is not to say that you can't understand the story on a single read-through, but rather that there is a richness obtained from a second reading.

I was a little unsatisfied by the Caroline storyline. Her "present day" story never seemed to intertwine with the other characters; she was only linked to other characters by the past. If her present day storyline was better integrated, this would have been a 5-star novel for me.

Rating:

- (3.5) "Time was a thief, he stole your life away."

As her recent novel has shown (When Will There Be Good News?), Atkinson's talent has developed over the years, a unique style that is more an aggregation of circumstances than fluid narrative. As the title indicates, there are three mysteries that form the crux of this novel: a little girl disappears one summer night when sleeping outdoors with her sister (1970); a young woman is savagely killed her first day on a new job (1994); and a small family, mother, baby and husband are caught in an impetuous rage that ends in a bloodbath one Saturday afternoon (1979). Each of these scenarios is riveting, the image of a little girl clutching her "blue mouse" the night she disappears; Theo, a desperate, morbidly obese father who cannot escape that one day when his daughter died; and Michelle, ... Read More

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- Tedious and Depressing
I was given this book from my mother in law. We are both HUGE readers and trade off books to save money. Neither of us is too picky about what we read because we read so much. Well, I never got her perspective on the book before I started it so can't say what she thought passing it off to me. I started it and after a few chapters put it down and didn't pick it up again for about 6 months. Until there was nothing at all left to read in my house and then I started it again.

It is so tedious. The characters are ugly, with no discernable redeeming qualities. It actually depressed me to read it, however, I was committed to finishing it. I truly can't say anything good. I can't understand the praise for this book.

Oh, and I gave it one star, not sure why two popped up on this ... Read More

Rating:

- A Compelling Read
First Sentence: How lucky were they?

Ex-cop Jackson Brodie has three cases on which he is working. In 1970, Olivia, the youngest of three sisters disappears after she and another sister spent the night in their backyard tent. Their father has now died. When cleaning out his desk, the two middle sisters find Olivia's favorite toy. What happened to Olivia? In

1979, an overwhelmed wife and mother reaches the breaking point with disastrous results. Her sister wants Jackson to find Tanya, the niece she promised to care for. In 1997, a businessman's daughter was murdered during her first day of work in her fathers' author. Who killed her?

Along with the three cases, Jackson has his own issues including an ex-wife and Binky Rain, a 90-year-old lady who believes ... Read More

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