Full name: Hidden Lives: A Family Memoir

Author: Margaret Forster Year: 1995 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Memoirs, Non Fiction, History Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780140239829 9780670857074 0670857076

Margaret Forster's grandmother died in 1936, taking many secrets to her grave. Where had she spent the first 23 years of her life? Who was the woman in black who paid her a mysterious visit shortly before her death? How had she borne living so close to an illegitimate daughter without acknowledging her? The search for answers took Margaret on a journey into her family's past, examining not only her grandmother's life, but also her mother's and her own. The result is both a moving, evocative memoir and a fascinating commentary on how women's lives have changed over the past century. Similar books: Daphne du Maurier by Margaret Forster My Life So Far by Jane Fonda Little Girl Lost by Drew Barrymore After All by Mary Tyler Moore Slim by Slim Keith My Life as Me by Barry Humphries Testament of Friendship by Vera Brittain Memoirs by Kingsley Amis Shattered Love by Richard Chamberlain Home Before Dark by Susan Cheever My Father's Fortune by Michael Frayn The Enchanted Places by Christopher Milne Must You Go? by Antonia Fraser Ways of Escape by Graham Greene Doris Day by A. E. Hotchner My Life in Houses by Margaret Forster A River in Darkness by Masaji Ishikawa Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconner