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Reviewed on April 15, 1996
Although Mantel is well known and highly praised in England, this is only the second of her seven novels (following A Place of Greater Safety, LJ 2/15/93) to be published in the United States. As it begins, middle-aged, affluent suburbanite Carmel McBain sees a photo of her college roommate in the morning paper and flashes back to her first day at university, where she is asked to choose between the other two Holy Redeemer graduates attending her co...Log In or Sign Up to Read More