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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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Mount Kisco Public Library SHORT STORIES MANTEL (Text)
Short Stories
31017150538244
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Mount Pleasant Branch Library FIC MANTEL (Text)
Fiction
31024250817916
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Mount Pleasant Public Library FIC MANTEL (Text)
Fiction
31024153898161
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02/21/2025
Mount Vernon Public Library FICTION MANTEL (Text)
Fiction
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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