Not the end of the world - Rambling Readers

278 pages

English language

Published Jan. 1, 2002 by Doubleday.

ISBN:: 978-0-385-60472-7

(1 review)

Arthur is a precocious eight-year-old boy whose mother is a B-list celebrity more concerned with the state of her bank account than with her son's development. Then an enigmatic young nanny named Missy introduces him to a world he never knew existed.

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crabbygirl reviewed Not the End of the World by Kate Atkinson

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2 stars

this was a collection of short stories that were occasionally linked thru characters, reminding me of Alice Munroe's short stories. at first I wasn't sure if it was dystopian/sci fi - the background of the stories could be SO weird (and dark) but realized it was just her magical realism style just a little bit out of control. I usually love Kate Atkinson, but in these short pieces I finally noticed her predilection for item listing, and it sort of annoyed me, like she was cheating with the word count.