{"product_id":"learning-to-talk-9781250825131","title":"Learning to Talk","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling collection of short stories from the two-time winner of the Booker Prize and #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Wolf Hall trilogy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the wake of Hilary Mantel's brilliant conclusion to her award-winning Wolf Hall trilogy, \u003ci\u003eLearning to Talk \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection of loosely autobiographical stories that locates the transforming moments of a haunted childhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbsorbing and evocative, these drawn-from-life stories begin in the 1950s in an insular northern village scoured by bitter winds and rough gossip tongues. For the young narrator, the only way to survive is to get up, get on, get out. In King Billy Is a Gentleman, the child must come to terms with the loss of a father and the puzzle of a fading Irish heritage. Curved Is the Line of Beauty\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a story of friendship, faith and a near-disaster in a scrap-yard. The title story sees our narrator ironing out her northern vowels with the help of an ex-actress with one lung and a Manc\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt McDougal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528979259735,"sku":"9781250825131","price":14.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781250825131.jpg?v=1731873812","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/learning-to-talk-9781250825131","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}