My Life in Houses
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
‘I was born on 25th May, 1938, in the front bedroom of a house in Orton Road, a house on the outer edges of Raffles, a council estate. I was a lucky girl.’
So begins Margaret Forster’s journey through the houses she’s lived in, from that sparkling new council house, to her beloved London home of today. This is not a book about bricks and mortar though. This is a book about what houses are to us, the effect they have on the way we live our lives and the changing nature of our homes: from blacking grates and outside privies; to cities dominated by bedsits and lodgings; to the houses of today converted back into single dwellings. Finally, it is a gently insistent, personal inquiry into the meaning of home.
Customer Reviews
Lovely Little Book
Maybe not a subject of huge importance, but a well written thoughtful treatment. It’s not a book on architecture, decorating styles or important places. The author is a respected but not very famous writer in the U.S. She covers all the houses she’s lived in beginning with her childhood home. What she assumed was the perfect home changed at different periods in her life depending on circumstances and age. Easy to relate to. Loved it.