Cover confusion

A few years ago, Kate Atkinson's "Life After Life" kind of stole the thunder from Jill McCorkle's "Life After Life." And this year....

January 26, 2016 at 9:24PM
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This:

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Is not this:

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Even though both will be published in February. Do not mix them up.

And neither of them is this:

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Meanwhile, this:

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Is not this:

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It's always confusing when two books with the same title come out the same year! Remember "Life After Life"? One by Jill McCorkle, one by Kate Atkinson. That was a bit of bad luck for McCorkle...

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Laurie Hertzel

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Freelance writer and former Star Tribune books editor Laurie Hertzel is at lauriehertzel@gmail.com.

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