Discover the fantastical Sunday Times bestselling short story collection from the award-winning
author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life. 'Simply one of the best writers working
today anywhere in the world' Gillian Flynn 'As soon as you get to the end you'll be tempted
to just start at the beginning' Independent ' Funny and poignant in equal measure you'll
want to read this captivating collection in one mystical sitting.' Daily Express Welcome to a
world where nothing is quite what it seems... In these pages you'll meet among others a
queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep a secretary who watches over the life she has just
left and a man whose luck changes when a horse speaks to him. With clockwork intricacy
inventiveness and sharp social observation Kate Atkinson conjures a feast for the imagination
in a constantly changing multiverse. Atkinson's first short story collection in twenty years
Normal Rules Don't Apply is a dazzling array of eleven interconnected tales. ____________ '
Hilarious breathtaking horrific irresistible ... [Atkinson is] always in command ... Heart
in mouth I never wanted this book to end ' Sydney Morning Herald ' Sublime ... showcases her
superb storytelling and the wit of her writing' Good Housekeeping 'Life in all of its surreal
tragic and comic glory is perfectly captured within these pages' Red 'Dazzling' Reader's
Digest Praise for Kate Atkinson: 'Inexhaustibly ingenious ' HILARY MANTEL 'A brilliant and
profoundly original writer' RACHEL CUSK 'Atkinson is a novelist of unrivalled immediacy
authority and skill' FINANCIAL TIMES 'One of the country's most innovative exciting and
intelligent authors.' SCOTSMAN
