Life After Life Chapter 29 Summary

How It All Goes Down

The Broad Sunlit Uplands

May 1945

  • Teddy is shot down near Berlin, but survives.
  • When he finally makes it home to London, he's greeted by Ursula and Nancy.
  • Nancy runs to him and hugs him, but Ursula stays still, afraid if she moves the illusion will be broken.
  • But she realizes that it's "real" and "true" (29.18).
  • He shouts something to her across the pub: "She thought it was 'Thank you,' but she might have been wrong" (29.19).