shopping cart
Call us: 800-878-7323 HELP
HACKER SAFE certified sites prevent over 99.9% of hacker crime.

You Might Also Like...

Beyond Black Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel

Open House: Of Family, Friends, Food, Piano Lessons, and the Search for a Room of My Own Open House: Of Family, Friends, Food, Piano Lessons, and the Search for a Room of My Own by Patricia J Williams

Borrowed Finery: A Memoir Borrowed Finery: A Memoir by Paula Fox


Related Aisles

Art Spiegelman Read the exclusive interview with Art Spiegelman and save 30% on Breakdowns

  1. Breakdowns
    $19.25 Hardcover add to wishlist

    Breakdowns

    Art Spiegelman

Giving Up the Ghost: A Memoir (John MacRae Books)

by Hilary Mantel

Giving Up the Ghost: A Memoir (John MacRae Books) Cover

ISBN13: 9780312423629
ISBN10: 0312423624
Condition: Standard
All Product Details
See More Like This

Only 2 left in stock at $9.50!

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

In postwar rural England, Hilary Mantel grew up convinced that the most improbable of accomplishments, including "chivalry, horsemanship, and swordplay," were within her grasp. Once married, however, she acquired a persistent pain that led to destructive drugs and patronizing psychiatry, ending in an ineffective but irrevocable surgery. There would be no children; in herself she found instead one novel, and then another.
back to top

What Our Readers Are Saying

Add a comment for a chance to win!
Average customer rating based on 1 comment:
Susan O'Doherty, April 19, 2007 (view all comments by Susan O'Doherty)
Mantel's writing is so specific and evocative I felt as though I was not just reading about her childhood, her struggles with illness and medical arrogance and neglect, and her creative work, but experiencing them. Despite the often grim subject matter, this is an uplifting book, as much a meditation on creativity as a memoir.
Was this comment helpful? | Yes | No
(7 of 9 readers found this comment helpful)
report this comment
back to top

Product Details

ISBN:
9780312423629
Subtitle:
A Memoir
Author:
Mantel, Hilary
Publisher:
Picador USA
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
General Biography
Edition Description:
Hardcover
Series:
John MacRae Books
Publication Date:
September 2004
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
223
Dimensions:
8.64x5.45x.58 in. .67 lbs.
back to top
  • back to top
Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.