A thwarted pregnancy left a lasting urge for creative expression.

Evidence

But women are full of potential. Thwart them one way and they will find another. What never left me was the feeling that something was knocking inside my chest, asking to be let out. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 938

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to her famous statement that she writes because ‘something is knocking inside my chest’ — the ectopic experience as origin of the writing drive.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 938