'Learning To Talk' focuses on growing up in mid-20th-century England
It's a testament to Hilary Mantel's brilliance as an author that even though the moments in these stories are subtle, the book somehow feels epic in its own way.
by Michael Schaub
Jun 24, 2022
3 minutes
If you're familiar with the work of British author Hilary Mantel, there's a good chance it's because of her Wolf Hall trilogy of historical novels. The books, which chronicle the life of King Henry VIII's chief minister Thomas Cromwell, are bona fide page-turners — epic in every sense of the word.
Mantel's book now published for the first time in the U.S., has a decidedly smaller scope — the short stories collected in it focus on young
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