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Vacant Possession is the title of the second novel by British author Hilary Mantel, first published in 1986 by Chatto and Windus. It continues the story from her first novel Every Day is Mother's Day and is set some ten years later with the same cast of characters.
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- Hilary Mantel
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- 1986 (Chatto and Windus)
1 gen 1986 · 1,089 ratings140 reviews. Lock your doors, barricade your windows: Muriel Axon is back in town. It's been ten years since she was locked away for killing her mad old mother. Now she wants to lay Mother's ghost to rest and find her missing child. But above all, she wants revenge.
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`Vacant Possession' begins 10 years after the events at the Axon's house which ultimately led to Muriel being placed in Fulmers Moor in the Greyshott Ward as part of her rehabilitation to eventually return to society, which she does, but Muriel has changed, she can now mimicry (mimic) and is a mistress of disguise, one of Muriel's hidden traits ...
31 ago 2010 · The final novel of the Wolf Hall trilogy, The Mirror & the Light, debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and won critical acclaim around the globe. Mantel authored over a dozen books, including A Place of Greater Safety, Beyond Black, and the memoir Giving Up the Ghost. Read more.
4.0 247 ratings. Book 2 of 2: Axon Family Series. See all formats and editions. From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror & the Light a savagely funny tale that revisits the characters from the much-loved Every Day is Mother’s Day.
- Hilary Mantel
Original name: Hilary Mary Thompson. Born: July 6, 1952, Hadfield, Derbyshire, England. Died: September 22, 2022, Exeter, Devon (aged 70) Awards And Honors: Booker Prize (2009) Notable Works: “A Change of Climate” “A Place of Greater Safety”
Vacant Possession. Hilary Mantel. Henry Holt and Company, Aug 31, 2010 - Fiction - 240 pages. Ten years have passed since Muriel Axon was locked away for society's protection, but psychiatric...
