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Learning to Talk
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A dazzling collection of short stories from the twotime winner of the Booker Prize and #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Wolf Hall trilogy.In the wake of Hilary Mantels brilliant conclusion to her awardwinning Wolf Hall trilogy, Learning to Talk is a collection of loosely autobiographical stories that locates the transforming moments of a haunted childhood.Absorbing and evocative, these drawnfromlife stories begin in the 1950s in an insular northern village scoured by bitter winds and rough gossip tongues. For the young narrator, the only way to survive is to get up, get on, get out. In King Billy Is a Gentleman, the child must come to terms with the loss of a father and the puzzle of a fading Irish heritage. Curved Is the Line of Beauty is a story of friendship, faith and a neardisaster in a scrapyard. The title story sees our narrator ironing out her northern vowels with the help of an exactress with one lung and a Manchester accent. In Third Floor Rising, she watches, amazed, as her mother carves out a stylish new identity.With a deceptively light touch, Mantel illuminates the poignant experiences of childhood that leave each of us forever changed.A book of her short stories is like a little sweet treat...Mantels narrators never tell everything they know, and thats why theyre worth listening to, carefully. USA TodayHer short stories always recognize other potential realities...Even the most straightforward of Mantels tales retain a faintly otherworldly air. The Washington Post
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