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Normal Rules Don't Apply

Stories

Stories

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Stories

Stories

By Kate Atkinson

By Kate Atkinson

By Kate Atkinson

By Kate Atkinson

By Kate Atkinson

By Kate Atkinson

By Kate Atkinson

By Kate Atkinson

By Kate Atkinson
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By Kate Atkinson
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Apr 16, 2024 | ISBN 9780593469880

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Oct 03, 2023 | ISBN 9780593793220

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Sep 12, 2023 | ISBN 9780385549509

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Sep 12, 2023 | 338 Minutes

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    About Normal Rules Don’t Apply

    A collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life, “Stunning…A master class in literary worldbuilding… Full of speculative glee, but tinged with poignancy.” (Publishers Weekly)

    Nothing is quite as it seems in this collection of eleven dazzling stories. We meet a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep; a secretary who watches over the life she has just left; a man who bets on a horse that may—or may not—have spoken to him. Everything that readers love about the novels of Kate Atkinson is here—the inventiveness, the verbal felicity, the sharp observations on human nature, and the deeply satisfying emotional wallop. 


    A startling and funny feast for the imagination, these stories conjure a multiverse of subtly connected worlds while illuminating the webs of chance and connection among us all.

    About Normal Rules Don’t Apply

    A dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life which offer the gimlet eye and delightful social critique that have made Atkinson one of the most lauded writers of our time.

    In this brilliant volume, nothing is quite as it seems. We meet a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep; a secretary who watches over the life she has just left; a lost man who bets on a horse that may—or may not—have spoken to him. Everything that readers love about the novels of Kate Atkinson is here—the inventiveness, the verbal felicity, the sharp observations on human nature, and the deeply satisfying emotional wallop.

    Witty and wise, with subtle connections between the stories, Normal Rules Don’t Apply is a startling and funny feast for the imagination, stories with the depth and bite to create their own fully-formed worlds.

    About Normal Rules Don’t Apply

    A dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life, with everything that readers love about her novels—the inventiveness, the verbal felicity, the sharp observations on human nature, and the deeply satisfying emotional wallop.

    Nothing is quite as it seems in this collection of eleven dazzling stories. We meet a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep; a secretary who watches over the life she has just left; a man who bets on a horse that may—or may not—have spoken to him. Everything that readers love about the novels of Kate Atkinson is here—the inventiveness, the verbal felicity, the sharp observations on human nature, and the deeply satisfying emotional wallop. 

    A startling and funny feast for the imagination, these stories conjure a multiverse of subtly connected worlds while illuminating the webs of chance and connection among us all.

    About Normal Rules Don’t Apply

    A dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life, with everything that readers love about her novels—the inventiveness, the verbal felicity, the sharp observations on human nature, and the deeply satisfying emotional wallop.

    Nothing is quite as it seems in this collection of eleven dazzling stories. We meet a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep; a secretary who watches over the life she has just left; a man who bets on a horse that may—or may not—have spoken to him. Everything that readers love about the novels of Kate Atkinson is here—the inventiveness, the verbal felicity, the sharp observations on human nature, and the deeply satisfying emotional wallop. 

    A startling and funny feast for the imagination, these stories conjure a multiverse of subtly connected worlds while illuminating the webs of chance and connection among us all.

    About Normal Rules Don’t Apply

    A dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life, with everything that readers love about her novels—the inventiveness, the verbal felicity, the sharp observations on human nature, and the deeply satisfying emotional wallop.

    Nothing is quite as it seems in this collection of eleven dazzling stories. We meet a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep; a secretary who watches over the life she has just left; a man who bets on a horse that may—or may not—have spoken to him. Everything that readers love about the novels of Kate Atkinson is here—the inventiveness, the verbal felicity, the sharp observations on human nature, and the deeply satisfying emotional wallop. 

    A startling and funny feast for the imagination, these stories conjure a multiverse of subtly connected worlds while illuminating the webs of chance and connection among us all.

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    About Kate Atkinson

    KATE ATKINSON won the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year prize with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Her four bestselling novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie became the BBC television series Case Histories, starring Jason… More about Kate Atkinson

    About Kate Atkinson

    KATE ATKINSON won the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year prize with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Her four bestselling novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie became the BBC television series Case Histories, starring Jason… More about Kate Atkinson

    About Kate Atkinson

    KATE ATKINSON won the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year prize with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Her four bestselling novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie became the BBC television series Case Histories, starring Jason… More about Kate Atkinson

    About Kate Atkinson

    KATE ATKINSON won the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year prize with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Her four bestselling novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie became the BBC television series Case Histories, starring Jason… More about Kate Atkinson

    About Kate Atkinson

    KATE ATKINSON won the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year prize with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Her four bestselling novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie became the BBC television series Case Histories, starring Jason… More about Kate Atkinson

    Product Details

    Category: Short Stories | Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Vintage
    Apr 16, 2024 | 224 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780593469880

    Category: Short Stories | Literary Fiction

    Large Print | $30.00
    Published by Random House Large Print
    Oct 03, 2023 | 272 Pages | 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 | ISBN 9780593793220

    Category: Short Stories | Literary Fiction

    Hardcover | $28.00
    Published by Doubleday
    Sep 12, 2023 | 224 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9780385549509

    Category: Short Stories | Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $2.99
    Published by Vintage
    Sep 12, 2023 | 224 Pages | ISBN 9780385549516

    Category: Short Stories | Literary Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    Sep 12, 2023 | 338 Minutes | ISBN 9780593749043

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