Is There Anything You Want?

Margaret Forster

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Vintage
03 April 2006

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

A characteristically compelling, clear-eyed, humane and heartbreaking novel about a taboo subject - and about what it feels like to be a survivor...

What do Mrs H., Rachel, Edwina, Ida, Sarah, Dot, Chrissie have in common? They're all women, but they're fat, thin, old, young, married or single - and appear as diverse as human nature can be. But they are all survivors. This enthralling novel follows the ripples that go out into ordinary lives that have been changed by a shared experience, all connected by the same hospital clinic in a small Northern town.

This is a novel about what it means to live in the shadow of disease, and with scars, whether mental or physical. From the marvellous ambivalence of the title question, it leaves us with a whole lot more to consider about life and its infinite variety.

By: Margaret Forster
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 181g
ISBN: 9780099472131
ISBN 10: 0099472139
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 03 April 2006
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Born in Carlisle, she is the author of successful novels, including The Memory Box, Have the Men Had Enough?, Lady's Maid and Diary of an Ordinary Woman, as well as bestselling memoirs (Hidden Lives and Precious Lives) and biographies. She lives in North London and the Lake District.

Reviews for Is There Anything You Want?

'Written with enormous sensitivity and compassion' Red 'Consistently readable' Sunday Telegraph 'Forster excels at depicting ordinary lives.Beautifully controlled' Independent on Sunday 'Forster's prose, is, as always, clear, robust and unpretentious' Daily Telegraph 'Few authors share Margaret Forster's extraordinary ability to transform the ordinary day-to-day activities of unremarkable people into compelling fiction.With brilliant and exquisite sensitivity' Daily Mail