![]() ![]() ![]() Mantel conjured the friends, lovers, idealists, and schemers who fomented and perished in the French Revolution, and I thought I would never be the same. I hugged the book to my chest, dutifully examined the rest of the alphabet, and happily gave Kramerbooks my $16. Here was a novel about sweeping political events (in this case, the French Revolution), and even better, written by a woman. Until I reached the “M” part of the alphabet.Ī thrill of recognition shot through me when I read the description of Hilary Mantel’s A Place of Greater Safety. I had not yet realized that intimate books could have big ideas, too.) So, I kept pulling books from the shelf, frowning, and carefully reshelving them. ![]() It was 2006, and I was young and idealistic, so I wanted to read about big ideas. But nearly every book I found which fit those two criteria had words on the back like “family secret” or “deeply in love.” I wanted to read historical fiction, and I wanted to read a book written by a woman. Sometime after starting my first job, which is to say, when I finally had a little bit of disposable income and lots more free time, I was browsing a bookstore. ![]()
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