This stunning companion to Kate Atkinson's #1 bestseller Life After Life, "one of the best novels I've read this century" (Gillian Flynn), follows Ursula's brother Teddy as he navigates an unknown future after a perilous war.
"He had been reconciled to death during the war and then suddenly the war was over and there was a next day and a next day. Part of him never adjusted to having a future."

Kate Atkinson's dazzling Life After Life explored the possibility of infinite chances and the power of choices, following Ursula Todd as she lived through the turbulent events of the last century over and over again. A God in Ruins tells the dramatic story of the 20th Century through Ursula's beloved younger brother Teddy -- would-be poet, heroic pilot, husband, father, and grandfather -- as he navigates the perils and progress of a rapidly changing world.

After all that Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge is living in a future he never expected to have. An ingenious and moving exploration of one ordinary man's path through extraordinary times, A God in Ruins proves once again that Kate Atkinson is one of the finest novelists of our age.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 05/05/2015
ISBN: 9780316176538
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.60d
Award: Costa Book Awards - Winner

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 12/01/2014 pg. 66
Entertainment Weekly 12/26/2014 pg. 88
Publishers Weekly 02/09/2015
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2015
Booklist 03/15/2015 pg. 43
Romantic Times 05/01/2015 pg. 40 - Excellent
People Weekly 05/11/2015 pg. 42
Library Journal 05/15/2015 pg. 69
BookPage 05/01/2015
Entertainment Weekly 05/08/2015 pg. 55
New York Times Book Review 05/10/2015 pg. 1
Shelf Awareness 05/15/2015
New York Times Book Review 05/17/2015 pg. 30
New Yorker (The) 07/27/2015 pg. 71
Kirkus Best Fiction 11/15/2015 pg. 5
Library Journal 12/01/2014