Now in paperback, in this memoir the acclaimed author and novelist Margaret Forster looks at every house she's lived in, from the Carlisle council house she was born in in 1938, to her beloved London house of today. As heard on BBC Radio 4, it's personal, moving and unsentimental. 'A beautiful exploration of her life in relation to the homes she has made.' Rachel Joyce, }Observer ‘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.
