The English Understand Wool
By Helen DeWitt
Categories: Literature & Fiction
The English Understand Wool (2022) is a novella by Helen DeWitt about a girl raised to value taste and manners above all else. Marguerite, seventeen, has grown up in Marrakesh and London with her mother, who has trained her in the rules of good taste. When her mother dies suddenly, she discovers that her upbringing was not what it seemed, and must use her training to deal with lawyers, publishers and a world eager to profit from her story.