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"She used to be a poodle," Amelia said (unfathomably), and Julia said, "Don't be such a crosspatch, Milly, we're en vacances" and Amelia said, "You're always on holiday," and Julia said, "Well, I can think of worse ways to live your life," and Jackson wondered if he was in love with Julia and then the sky suddenly darkened to the color of ripe Agen plums, thunder growled in the distance, and the first drops of heavy rain thudded onto the cafe's canvas awning and Julia shrugged (in a commendably French way) at Jackson and said, "C'est la vie, Mr. Brodie, c'est la vie."

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

With thanks to:

My agent, Peter Straus

My editor, Marianne Velmans

Maureen Allan, Helen Clyne, Umar Salam,

Ali Smith, and Sarah Wood for Cambridge in July, with special gratitude to Ali Smith

Reagan Arthur, Eve Atkinson-Worden, Helen Clyne, and Marianne Velmans for being enthusiastic manuscript readers

My cousin, Major Michael Keech

Stephen Cotton, he knows why

David Lindgren for the sheep story

And last, but not least, Russell Equi, god of all things vehicular

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kate Atkinson is the author of three previous novels – Behind the Scenes at the Museum, which won the Whit-bread Award for Book of the Year; Human Croquet; and Emotionally Weird - and a collection of short fiction, Not the End of the World. She lives in Scotland.


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