This is AMAZING Marc. I love everything you've said in this piece, I could've highlighted the lot! Thank you for expressing it all so wonderfully.
(I have read 'Life After Life' and passed it on to my mother-in-law to read too. It's rare we have a novel that 'crosses over', that we both quite like. I did just quite like it though. The story grew more interesting as it moved along - though I wasn't all that convinced about the final aim being what it is. I haven't been inclined to watch the tv series.)