A brilliant follow-up to Hidden Lives, Margaret Forster's most personal book yet takes up the story of her gritty, northern father, Arthur, intertwined with that of her sister-in-law, Marion, who died of cancer at almost half the age of the 96 year-old Arthur.
Margaret Forster's father was not a man to answer questions - least of all questions about life and death, so she attempts to answer them for herself. As Forster looks back at Arthur's life and indomitable character, she evokes incidents from her childhood, his working life and stubborn old age, trying to make sense of their largely unspoken relationship, and of his tenacious hold on life, and on his family.
Arthur and Marion's lives were ordinary, and apparently unremarkable, but, when faced with death, lives like these become strangely precious.
| ISBN: | 9780099275749 |
| Publication date: | 1st July 1999 |
| Author: | Margaret Forster |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 232 pages |
| Genres: |
Autobiography: writers Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Relationships and families: advice and issues |
A brilliant follow-up to Hidden Lives, Margaret Forster's most personal book yet takes up the story of her gritty, northern father, Arthur, intertwined with that of her sister-in-law, Marion, who died of cancer at almost half the age of the 96 year-old Arthur. Margaret Forster's father was not a man to answer questions - least of all questions about life and death, so she attempts to answer them for herself.
Precious Lives features in the following genres: Autobiography: writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Relationships and families: advice and issues
Paperback. £14.39, down from the £15.99 cover price. Print on Demand / Special Order.
Precious Lives was written by Margaret Forster and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
Precious Lives has 232 pages
£14.39, reduced from £15.99. Print on Demand / Special Order.