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An Experiment in Love

Mantel, Hilary, 1952-2022. Book - 2007 Fiction / Mantel, Hilary 2 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3.5 out of 5

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Originally published in Great Britain by Viking; originally published in the U.S.: New York : H. Holt and Co., 1996.
A girl's climb up the social ladder in 1960s England. She is Carmel McBain from Lancashire, whose low-class mother pumps her with ambition. The novel follows Carmel through a convent school to university, describing her ups and downs integrating in her new milieu, and the price she pays for it. By the author of A Place of Greater Safety.

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Interesting submitted by lizgiessner on August 8, 2023, 3:12pm I liked the narration, a woman's reflection back on her childhood. The setting was the 1960s, so a certain old-fashionedness about the story. But I enjoyed it and want to read more by this author.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Picador, 2007.
Year Published: 2007
Description: 250 pages ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780312426873
0312426879

SUBJECTS
Young women -- England -- Fiction.
Bildungsromans.