Inspired by diaries, 'Room' author returns with 'Learned by Heart'

Everything about the spellbinding "Learned by Heart" strikes me as nearly perfect. Even its title works in at least two ways: The story takes place in 1805 at a strict girls' boarding school in York, England, where learning by memorization is encouraged. The Manor School's adolescents live in close

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