About this title: Follows on from "A Change of Climate". Set over a period of six months at the end of 1970, it follows three girls from school in the north (near Manchester) to a student hostel at London University. The book attempts to capture the spirit of the times.
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Description: Good. Purchasing this item supports Pierce County libraries. Thriftbooks and PCL have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. 0805044272 This trade sized paperback book is in REAL GOOD SHAPE! ! FIRST EDITION! Some creasing of the spine and some very minor signs of wear from reading--nothing major at all! SMOKE FREE HOME! Cover has woman in blurry photo--white skirt and black top. Do not settle for worn, torn, throwaways. Pay a few pennies more for a book that looks a wrinkle or two away from near new! read more
Description: Acceptable. 1996-Paperback----Used-Acceptable-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: Good. 1997-Paperback-Cover shows some minor shelf-wear. ---Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Owl Books (NY)
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780805052022ISBN:080505202X
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. 250 pgs in vg condition; cover has some edgewear. Steeped in black memories of a Catholic girlhood, the novel is witty, wickedly funny, and wonderfully well written. read more
Edition: Edition Unstated
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780805052022ISBN:080505202X
Description: Very Good. As issued No Jacket. Spine lean, and some light shopwear. Otherwise clean. read more
Edition: First Edition, Fourth Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780805044270ISBN:0805044272
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. This is probably Mantel's most conventional and accessible novel. It is a coming-of-age story narrated by the smart but poor girl whose life we follow from early childhood into adulthood. Margaret Atwood says "the women's-residence portions are as harshly delicious as those in Mary McCarthy's The Group. " A New York Times Notable Book for 1996. 250 pages. -------------------------------------------------------This copy is in very good condition. The binding is ... read more
"Hilary Mantel never wastes a word, and it's only at the end of this brief book (as opposed to her Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall, at 500-plus pages, anyway)that you realize how expertly she has woven every line and observation. She excels, in all her books, at the portrayal of not-so-likable people, and keeping the reader interested in them even as they're repelled. She said recently, when asked what advice she'd give to aspiring writers: "Drop the charm. Eat meat, drink blood." She means it."
"Narrator recounts starved, cramped first year living in an all-girls dorm at the University of London, flashing back occasionally to scenes from harsh working class childhood in Northern England. Fevered, body-based descriptions and surface bitchiness of all human relationships reminded me of Mary Gaitskill. Ex: a loud zipper is likened to "God farting" and parsnips to "ogre's penises." A weird book with tons of loose ends that are probably loose on purpose but just left me perplexed and eager to forget."
"Mantel's style really reminded me of Margaret Atwood's earlier writing, some of the short stories I've read and "Edible Woman." Each of them use dark wit to explore serious topics. Also, many of the themes are similar: using food as a metaphor, exploring the monitoring (and oppression) of women during this time. This book built slowly and I liked the surprise ending, but the style and themes lacked ingenuity."
"Following girls through their growth from middle school into high school and then into college. This took place in the 60s and 70s. The main character Carmel battles a variety of things including anorexia, a broken relationship, trouble with her parents and issues between friends she grew up with as opposed to new ones she makes along the way. Other girls end up dealing with pregnancy, abortion comes into play, money issues while in college. Definitely a feminism air to the story, religious undertones since Carmel goes to a religious school and then ends up losing all belief in God.
It was an interesting enough read, but the author left a lot unsaid which had to be inferred even in the ending and I had trouble with that. Especially after the fire, what we are left to assume just doesn't sit well or make sense to me."
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