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Original Title:	Emotionally Weird
ISBN:	031227999X (ISBN13: 9780312279998)
Edition Language:	English

Emotionally Weird

Kate Atkinson

Paperback | Pages: 368 pages

Rating: 3.45 | 6617 Users | 631 Reviews

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Title	:	Emotionally Weird
Author	:	Kate Atkinson
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 368 pages
Published	:	July 6th 2001 by Picador (first published 2000)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. Scotland. Contemporary. Mystery

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A hilarious and utterly original novel about mothers, daughters, and love, by the author of Life After Life. On a weather-beaten island off the coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother, Nora, take refuge in the large, mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories. Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear--like who her real father was. Effie tells various versions of her life at college, where in fact she lives in a lethargic relationship with Bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom Klingons are as real as Spaniards and Germans. But as mother and daughter spin their tales, strange things are happening around them. Is Effie being followed? Is someone killing the old people? And where is the mysterious yellow dog? In a brilliant comic narrative which explores the nonsensical power of language and meaning, Kate Atkinson has created another magical masterpiece.

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One of the benefits of being an established writer is the ability to publish books that would not have a ghost of a chance of advancing through a slush pile of an agent or publisher. This imagined agent/publisher might have been enticed by the first few pages, especially if they are adventurous, but the murky middle would have sent the unknown author's pages to the bin.As I was wading through that murky middle, I thought "This is what happens when an author is trying to write themselves out of

At times the epithet clever is used to belittle a novels worth. Certainly not in this case, for Atkinsons cleverness plays an intricate role in Emotionally Weirds theme of just what is fiction. A student in a class I taught commented after reading this book that the novel was having a dialogue with itself. That is perfectly correct. Everything--from the narrator Effies paper on Henry Jamess assessment of Middlemarch as forsaking plot, to Noras urgent comments to hurry the plot along, to the

My father used to write for a student's journal in college back in the sixties. Students would send in short stories full of twisty, tormented characters who wore black and smoked a lot, their general air of dejection and resolution that the world was ending soon the most striking thing about them. This book (and also the other Atkinson I picked up, One Good Turn) were populated with such characters - people who didn't give a damn anymore and just wanted help getting through the night.I didn't



I'm about 2/3 of the way through and I have guffawed and giggled hysterically more while reading this than I have in the past five years altogether. I've HAD to read passages out loud to my poor husband when all he wanted to do was sleep or check his emails. My dog and cat wonder what the heck is causing my bizarre behavior, as I've been hitherto a calmish person. I sure hope Atkinson can bring this to a good conclusion, but even if she can't, I'll be grateful for what she's done so far. Review

Emotionally Weird fullfilled the promise of Behind the Scenes at the Museum much better than Human Croquet did. As usual, Atkinson has a unique touch, and this story, much of which revolves around a bunch of college students in a creative writing class, seems tailor-made for English major-me. I adore the excerpts from the various students' works-in-progress; delivered by a lesser writer, they would seem clichéd, but in Atkinson's hand, each one is wonderfully awful and hilarious.I bought my

I found this a delightful book. It was so much fun to read! The story is one of a mother and daughter who take refuge on an island off the coast of Scotland. The daughter, Effie, was born on the island but taken away as a newborn and has never been back. Her mother, Nora, has also not been back since Effie's birth. While on the island, Effie tells about her life in college. Nora complains how many characters are in Effie's stories. And, there are tons of them. Yet, I would not want to eliminate