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A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing

By Hilary Mantel
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$40.00
By Hilary Mantel
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Notes From Your Bookseller

From an indelible author of timeless fiction comes a personal narrative that retains her addictive voice but turns the spotlight on herself. Ripe with insights into the life and milestones that made Hilary Mantel the indispensable literary force she became, this is a memoir for fans and newcomers alike.

THE FINAL BOOK FROM ONE OF OUR GREATEST WRITERS

"The works collected in A Memoir of My Former Self are sharp and shapely, models of economy and density of thought..." — Vogue

In addition to her celebrated career as a novelist, Hilary Mantel contributed for years to newspapers and journals, unspooling stories from her own life and illuminating the world as she found it. “Ink is a generative fluid,” she explains. “If you don’t mean your words to breed consequences, don’t write at all.” A Memoi...

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