Isa and May (ePub)
(Sprache: Englisch)
Margaret Forster, in this engaging, intriguing novel, about a young woman and two grandmothers, uncovers the shocking truths that family history reveals.
The curiously named Isamay, a would-be academic, is trying to write a coherent thesis about...
The curiously named Isamay, a would-be academic, is trying to write a coherent thesis about...
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Margaret Forster, in this engaging, intriguing novel, about a young woman and two grandmothers, uncovers the shocking truths that family history reveals.
The curiously named Isamay, a would-be academic, is trying to write a coherent thesis about grandmothers in history ¿ from Sarah Bernhardt and George Sand to the matriarchal Queen Victoria and other influential grannies ¿ while constantly ambushed by the secrets her own family has been keeping. An only child, she is named after her grandmothers, Isa and May, who were there at her birth and who have formed and influenced her in very different ways. Jealous of each other, they both want to be first in their granddaughter¿s affections. Isa has an edge, in that young Isamay looks like her, but Isa¿s reserved and elegant exterior hides startling surprises that could undermine her granddaughter¿s certainties. May, on the other hand, is plump, indomitable and opinionated, and it¿s from her that Isamay inherits her stubborn determination.
Isamay, almost thirty, has never wanted children, but suddenly considers changing her mind. Her live-in lover, Ian (always mysterious about his own family history) is sure that he does not want a child.
Engrossing, set in the present but with hooks into the past, this is an unusual story about grandmothers and their potentially powerful role in family life, about nature vs nurture, bloodlines and bridges across generations.
The curiously named Isamay, a would-be academic, is trying to write a coherent thesis about grandmothers in history ¿ from Sarah Bernhardt and George Sand to the matriarchal Queen Victoria and other influential grannies ¿ while constantly ambushed by the secrets her own family has been keeping. An only child, she is named after her grandmothers, Isa and May, who were there at her birth and who have formed and influenced her in very different ways. Jealous of each other, they both want to be first in their granddaughter¿s affections. Isa has an edge, in that young Isamay looks like her, but Isa¿s reserved and elegant exterior hides startling surprises that could undermine her granddaughter¿s certainties. May, on the other hand, is plump, indomitable and opinionated, and it¿s from her that Isamay inherits her stubborn determination.
Isamay, almost thirty, has never wanted children, but suddenly considers changing her mind. Her live-in lover, Ian (always mysterious about his own family history) is sure that he does not want a child.
Engrossing, set in the present but with hooks into the past, this is an unusual story about grandmothers and their potentially powerful role in family life, about nature vs nurture, bloodlines and bridges across generations.
Autoren-Porträt von Margaret Forster
Born in Carlisle, Margaret Forster was 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? , Keeping the World Away, Over and The Unknown Bridesmaid. She also wrote bestselling memoirs - Hidden Lives, Precious Lives and, most recently, My Life in Houses - and biographies. She was married to writer and journalist Hunter Davies and lived in London and the Lake District. She died in February 2016, just before her last novel, How to Measure a Cow, was published.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Margaret Forster
- 2010, Englisch
- Verlag: Random House UK Ltd
- ISBN-10: 1409089312
- ISBN-13: 9781409089315
- Erscheinungsdatum: 23.02.2010
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"Margaret Forster has always had the enviable gift of making her characters spring to life, and both Isa and May do just that"
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