Learning to Talk

A dazzling collection of short stories from the two-time winner of the Booker Prize and #1 bestselling author of the Wolf Hall trilogy.

“Her short stories always recognize other potential realities...Even the most straightforward of Mantel’s tales retain a faintly otherworldly air.” —The Washington Post

In the wake of Hilary Mantel’s brilliant conclusion to her award-winning Wolf Hall trilogy, Learning to Talk is a collection of loosely autobiographical stories that locates the transforming m...