2018 book 107

Kate Atkinson's Transcription
A new Kate Atkinson novel is always a treat, and this one was no exception. It isn’t my favorite of her novels, but Life After Life is one of my top five books, so that bar is way too high, and anyway this is still very good. It centers on Juliet Armstrong, working for MI5 during WWII—as a transcriptionist, among other things. And then in the 1950s, she’s working on children’s programming for the BBC. This is definitely an engaging read—I basically read it in one go—though I may need to reread it to parse it all out. Also, I was kind of more interested in the parts that are alluded to that we never see (Italy!), which was mildly disappointing. A/A-.

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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released in September.