Hilary Mantel “I remember the first time I read Jane Eyre: probably every woman writer does, because you recognise, when you have hardly begun it, that you are reading a story about yourself.”
[excerpt from Giving up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel]

[photo: John Haynes for HarperCollins]
If you agree with Hilary Mantel, perhaps you will agree with:-
Frederick Forsyth – all authors are separate, taking notes, watching
Antony Gormley – everybody says what does it mean, but what does life mean?
Deborah McKinley – the lean years focussed me on what I really wanted
‘Giving up the Ghost’ by Hilary Mantel [UK: Fourth Estate]
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