Mother Can You Hear Me

Mother Can You Hear Me? By Margaret Forster

Margaret Forster’s…novel about mothers and daughters…is one of the most painfully honest I have ever read. It raised agonising questions about female identity, asking whether the role of mother leaves anything over for the individual woman, and whether daughters can ever shake off the past — Joan Smith ― Guardian

Pages: 268

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A new work by Margaret Forster always gives me a tingle of anticipation. Her books are consistently good reads, packed with originality and imagination — Val Hennessy ― Daily MailForster is remarkably honest, skilful and perceptive ― Observer

An honest portrait of the generation gap and the perennial irritations that bedevil this most powerful and idealised of all blood ties ― Company

Angela Bradbury’s ‘Poor Mother’ : delicate, humble, permanently disappointed, has made endless sacrifices for her family, for which they can never quite be grateful enough. ‘You can’t please your mother’, as her father says.

Even now, just one phone call from Mother can send Angela spiralling into guilt, self-recrimination and doubts over her own abilities as a mother. Worryingly, Angela’s relationship with her own daughter Sadie seems to be going the same way, as Sadie develops into a sullen, unresponsive adolescent. It seems that motherhood is a heritage of disappointments and broken promises. But Angela is determined that, somehow, her relationship with Sadie will be different.

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All our books are carefully selected and are in great re-readable condition. They are the kind of books we would love to receive ourselves so you can confidently gift them knowing they are exactly as described. We use actual photos of each book in our listings so you know what you are buying. All books are priced the same, as we believe the value of a book is not in the condition of its cover, but the content of its pages.

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