Book description
The attack on fifteen-year-old Joe Kennedy was particularly squalid and
vicious. Sheila Armstrong's grandson Leo, usually a quiet, well-behaved
boy, was found holding a knife. Harriet Kennedy cannot cope with her
son's continuing pain; Sheila, who reared Leo, cannot bear the lasting
guilt. In a powerful and moving tale of suffering and forgiveness, the
two women confront the complex range of emotions that motherhood
entails. 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.
