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Learning to talk : stories

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First U.S. edition.

"In the wake of Hilary Mantel's brilliant conclusion to her award-winning Wolf Hall trilogy, this collection of loosely autobiographical stories locates the transforming moments of a haunted childhood. Sharp and funny, these drawn-from-life stories begin in the 1950s in an insular northern village "scoured by bitter winds and rough gossip tongues." For the child 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 near-disaster in a scrap-yard. The title story sees our narrator ironing out her northern vowels with the help of an ex-actress 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"--

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Bronxville Public Library FICTION MANTEL (Text)
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31004151842866
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Chappaqua Library FICTION MANTEL (Text)
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31005500438900
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02/20/2025
Croton Free Library FICTION/MANTEL (Text)
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31006151889292
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Dobbs Ferry Public Library MANTEL (Text)
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31007151437587
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Eastchester Public Library FICTION MANTEL (Text)
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31008152448136
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Greenburgh Public Library MANTEL (Text)
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31009154922136
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Irvington Public Library FIC MANTEL, H (Text)
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31012154585077
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John C. Hart Memorial Library MANTEL (Text)
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31030300007937
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Larchmont Public Library MANTEL (Text)
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31014153027747
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Mamaroneck Public Library District FICTION (Text)
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31015152679644
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Mount Kisco Public Library SHORT STORIES MANTEL (Text)
Short Stories
31017150538244
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Mount Pleasant Branch Library FIC MANTEL (Text)
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31024250817916
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Mount Pleasant Public Library FIC MANTEL (Text)
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31024153898161
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02/21/2025
Mount Vernon Public Library FICTION MANTEL (Text)
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31018155462695
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New Rochelle Public Library MANTEL (Text)
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31019156643044
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Ossining Public Library FICTION (SHORT STORIES) (Text)
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31021153461156
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Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library SHORT STORIES MANTEL (Text)
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31025152633137
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Pound Ridge Library District FIC SS MANTEL (Text)
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31026151055496
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Ruth Keeler Memorial Library F MANTEL (Text)
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31020150823749
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Rye Free Reading Room FICTION MANTEL (Text)
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31028153384494
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Rye Osborn Branch Library FIC MAN 3000 (Text)
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31028200088510
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Scarsdale Public Library FICTION (Text)
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31029154478376
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Somers Library FICTION MANTEL (Text)
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31031152020077
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The Field Library MANTEL, H. (Text)
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31022152330780
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Tuckahoe Public Library FICTION MANTEL (Text)
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31034170173613
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Warner Library FICTION MANTEL (Text)
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31033152242644
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White Plains Public Library FICTION (Text)
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31544101335792
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Yonkers Grinton I. Will Library FICTION (Text)
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31035162587298
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