Is death nothingness? Julian Barnes reluctantly says yes and that nothingness is what he is afraid of in this cleverly named but ultimately sad book. He logically concludes that with no hope of a God there is no hope. But why is he so convinced there is no God? Reading this brilliant and sometimes funny agnostic/atheist actually made my faith in God stronger.

Great look into class conscious England right after the first World War. Things are changing, but still have a foot in the old ways. Main character Frances's dull life is going to change a bit too fast. The unfolding of this unlikely story seems so plausible when you are reading Waters' novel! It's long but I was hooked and couldn't keep my nose out of the pages until it was done.