Kate Atkinson Interview

Image | Kate Atkinson

Caption: (Euan Myles)

Eleanor spoke with Kate Atkinson about her novel Life After Life on-stage at Harbourfront in Toronto. And, even though Atkinson says she doesn't like him as much as other women do, they also talk about her detective, Jackson Brodie.
"I think there's a problem with having a happy childhood because everything's a disappointment. If you have a very happy childhood, adulthood must be an awful struggle." - Kate Atkinson

​​The music to close the ​Kate Atkinson Interview​:

CD: SAINT-SAENS: MUSIC FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS
Cut # 13​​ : "Tarantelle​"
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer: Stéphane Lemelin (piano), Joanna G'froerer (flute), Kimball Sykes (clarinet), Charles Hamann (oboe)
Label: ​NAXOS 8-570964


Life After Life is published in paperback by Doubleday Canada. Kate Atkinson's new novel, a companion novel to Life After Life, is called A God in Ruins, and will be published on May 21, 2015.

Image | A God in Ruins

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Note: This conversation aired originally May 12, 2013.