This coming-of-age tale by Hilary Mantel follows Carmel McBain as she cuts free from her childhood roots in Lancashire and starts university in London in 1970.
Among the gossiping, flirtatious girls of Tonbridge Hall, she begins her experiments in life and love. The year turns, the mini-skirt falls out of style and an era of concealment begins. Hilary Mantel is a darkly inventive storyteller, and tragedy lies in wait.
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