Born in Carlisle, 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? and most recently Over, 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.
Margaret Forster has always had the enviable gift of making her characters spring to life, and both Isa and May do just that -- Allan Massie The Scotsman A deliciously observed, dilemma-and-drama-packed read -- Helen Brown Daily Mail A compelling story, sometimes funny, sometimes painfully sad ... All family life is here, messy, insistent and, as the author convincingly shows, as essential as breathing -- Penny Perrick Sunday Times A sensitive and intelligent novel with passages of beautifully modulated pathos, while being in part, hugely funny -- Matthew Dennison The Times [Forster] has written so brilliantly about female relationships...she can encapsulate a whole scene in a single sentence... [A] whole rich, fascinating novel -- Kate Saunders Literary Review