
Giving Up the Ghost
A Memoir
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Narrated by:
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Jane Wymark
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By:
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Hilary Mantel
About this listen
Opening with "A Second Home", in which Mantel describes the death of her stepfather, Giving Up the Ghost is a wry, shocking, and beautifully written memoir of childhood, ghosts (real and metaphorical), illness, and family. Finally, at the memoir's conclusion, Mantel explains how a series of medical misunderstandings and neglect left her childless, and how the ghosts of the unborn have come to haunt her life as a writer.
©2003 Hilary Mantel (P)2012 W F Howes LtdBrilliant writing as usual from Hilary Mantel.
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What did you like most about Giving Up the Ghost?
The author's fiercely loud and beautiful use of words. They fight brilliantly with and for a hard life.What did you like best about this story?
It is a prismatic, not " true" version of a life in depth..but of enormous value in breaking the ice in the ocean surrounding one's own life.Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Jane Wymark?
Sorry, but it is over acted..a terrible no, no in a memoir of significance. The person who read Mantel's short stories was more realistic in her approach.Any additional comments?
Listen to this and enjoy.Acerbic but nice
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Poignant and excellent as ever
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One of my best listens this year!
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Sharp, funny, kind and cutting. All the perceptive she applies to her novels is here.
I love Hilary Mantel
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brave and inspiring like the author
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Brilliant and moving !
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Excellent enjoyed every moment
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Years ago I thought I could write. Not now because I no longer longer remember words, but reading Hilary Mantel, I wonder why I ever thought I could.
Brilliantly rendered
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My only very slight criticism is the omission of anything about the author's relationship with her parents as an adult and her husband felt like crucial elements of the account were missing.
Wow. A Startlingly Honest Memoir
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