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Format: Paperback
£8.99
Author:
Margaret Forster
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780099455646
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EAN: 9780099455646
Published: 4 Mar 2004
What do men run away from? Not war, not physical hardship, but the day-to-day emotional demands of impossible domestic situations. That's women's work. This is a story of female courage, where black comedy turns to disturbing pathos revolving around the rights of an indomitable woman
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A moving story, a condemnation of the way we treat our old friends and loves, a rage against the dying of the light
- The Times
A novel painfully full of feeling, and totally credible-the passion shines through
- Financial Times
A memorably touching story about the pressures on a family trying to do their best... A wonderfully accurate, powerful and even funny portrait
- Sunday Express
It is close to life in a way we hardly expect a novel to be, and finally very moving
- Daily Telegraph
An extremely skilful and angry novel...beautifully written
- Spectator
Margaret Forster is 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?, Over and Isa and May, as well as bestselling memoirs (Hidden Lives and Precious Lives) and biographies. She is married to writer and journalist Hunter Davies and lives in London and the Lake District.
