
An Experiment in Love
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Narrated by:
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Jane Collingwood
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By:
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Hilary Mantel
Carmel McBain is the only child of working-class Irish-Catholic parents. Her mother aspires to something more for her than what life in their depressed mill town has to offer. She is ambitious for her daughter, determined that she slip through England's rigid social barriers. And so, early on, she pushes Carmel, first to gain a scholarship to the local convent school, then to sit the exams for a place at London University. And Carmel does not disappoint. But success carries with it a fearful price. It sets her on a lonely journey that will take her as far as possible from where she began, uprooting her from the ties of class and place, of family and faith, and ultimately from her own self.
A coming-of-age novel, a memoir of a Catholic childhood, a piercing and witty look at social pretensions, a story of lost possibilities and girlhood betrayals: perhaps only a novelist of Hilary Mantel's enormous talents could have taken such material and shaped it into so fresh and arresting a tale.
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which keep the reader’s or listener’s interest in spite of a weak narrative. The “ok, we’re done here” denouement is deeply unsatisfying. Ms Mantel is certainly more comfortable with a violent conclusion. Still, the book is worthwhile.
Wonderful writing
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Curiously Compelling
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A feminist novel? I read that in another review. I think it told of life.
I didn't expect to like it as much as I did. I had put reading, finishing everything else she's written first. I think the cover of the book doesn't complement the content. Experiment in Love is serious and funny as hell. it's good—read it. and the narrator was so perfect.
Another great book
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I also highly recommend Mantel Pieces, the author's own reading of a selection of her essays for The London Review of Books.
Great Sixties Proto Feminist Lit
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Excellent story telling
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