Book description
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.
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.
