In the 1950’s we see Juliet working for the BBC, during which time she encounters a man who revives her memories of her previous life, as she contemplates the lies told during the war, and the potential consequences to her as she resumes her new identity. With chapters alternating between two different timeframes, we see Juliet in the 1940’s, as she is recruited by MI5 to transcribe messages and recordings of meetings between a group of fascist sympathisers. And this life was certainly a fascinating and eventful one. In the opening pages, taking place in 1981, we are introduced to Juliet Armstrong, a sixty year old woman who is contemplating her own mortality, whilst looking back at the life she will leave behind. ‘Yet suddenly it all seemed like an illusion, a dream that had happened to someone else. Having enjoyed several of her previous novels, I was very excited earlier this year to hear that a new Kate Atkinson novel was on the way, and Transcription became one of my most eagerly anticipated books of the year, so needless to say it was pushed straight to the top of the TBR when it was published this month!
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