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My Life in Houses
Margaret Forster
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Description for My Life in Houses
Paperback. Features authors journey through the houses she's lived in, from that sparkling new council house, built as part of a utopian vision by Carlisle City Council, to her beloved London house. In this book, she tells about what houses are to us, the effect they have on the way we live our lives. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AMKD; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
‘I was born on 25th May, 1938, in the front bedroom of a house in Orton Road, a house on the outer edges of Raffles, a council estate. I was a lucky girl.’
So begins Margaret Forster’s journey through the houses she’s lived in, from that sparkling new council house, to her beloved London home of today. This is not a book about bricks and mortar though. This is a book about what houses are to us, the effect they have on the way we live our lives and the changing nature of our homes: from blacking ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099593973
SKU
V9780099593973
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About Margaret Forster
Born in Carlisle, Margaret Forster was the author of many successful and acclaimed novels, including Have the Men Had Enough?, Lady's Maid, Diary of an Ordinary Woman, Is There Anything You Want? , Keeping the World Away, Over and The Unknown Bridesmaid. She also wrote bestselling memoirs – Hidden Lives, Precious Lives and, most recently, My Life in Houses – ... Read more
Reviews for My Life in Houses
I was truly moved by Margaret Forster's ingeniously structured and beautifully written memoir... A really wonderful book
Juliet Nicolson
Evening Standard BOOKS OF THE YEAR
A beautiful exploration of her life in relation to the homes she has made'
Rachel Joyce
Observer BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Such a clever idea. It's a memoir sited ... Read more
Juliet Nicolson
Evening Standard BOOKS OF THE YEAR
A beautiful exploration of her life in relation to the homes she has made'
Rachel Joyce
Observer BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Such a clever idea. It's a memoir sited ... Read more