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1 sound file : digital |
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| Note |
Electronic audio file. |
| Contents |
King Billy is a gentleman -- Destroyed -- Curved is the line of beauty -- Learning to talk -- Third floor rising -- The clean slate -- Giving up the ghost. |
| Performer |
Read by Anna Bentinck. |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. New York Macmillan Audio 2022 Available via World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Children -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Short stories.
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Electronic audio books.
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| Added Author |
OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mantel, Hilary, 1952- Learning to talk First U.S. edition. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022 9781250865366 (DLC) 2022001890 |
| ISBN |
9781250854483 (electronic audio bk.) |
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