Description
In this incisive coming-of-age novel, Carmel McBain leaves provincial Lancashire for university in London, hoping education will help her claim an independent life. At Tonbridge Hall, she is drawn into an intense, uneasy relationship with Karina, a childhood companion whose presence forces Carmel to confront the rivalries, loyalties, and buried wounds that bind them together. Moving between past and present, the story explores appetite in its many forms—sexual, intellectual, emotional, and physical—alongside class, female friendship, anorexia, and the struggle for freedom in a still-patriarchal world. Both sharply observed and psychologically complex, it captures the exhilaration and cost of a young woman breaking away from her roots.
Available Editions
paperback
Destino
Published Jan 1, 2016
ISBN: 9788423350131
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Details
First Published
1995
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for An Experiment in Love by Hilary Mantel.