My life in houses /
by Forster, Margaret.
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BookPublisher: Leicester : Thorpe, 2016Edition: Large print edition.Description: 224 p. (large print) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781785411168; 1785411160.Classification number: 823.914 FORSubject(s): Forster, Margaret, 1938-2016 -- Homes and haunts | Authors, English -- Biography | Autobiog | Large type booksOnline resources: Click here to access online Summary: Margaret Forster takes us on a journey through the houses she's lived in: from the council house in Carlisle where she was born in 1938, to her beloved London house of today - via the Lake District, Oxford, Hampstead, and a spell in the Mediterranean. This is not a book about bricks and mortar, but a book about what houses are to us, and the effect they have on the way we live our lives. It takes a backwards glance at the changing nature of our accommodation: from blacking grates and outside privies to cities dominated by bedsits and lodgings; and houses today being converted back into single dwellings, all open-plan spaces and bringing the outside in. It is also a very personal inquiry into the meaning of home.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Large Print - Adult | Southport Library | Large Print Adult Non-Fiction | 823.914 FOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002862827X |
Margaret Forster takes us on a journey through the houses she's lived in: from the council house in Carlisle where she was born in 1938, to her beloved London house of today - via the Lake District, Oxford, Hampstead, and a spell in the Mediterranean. This is not a book about bricks and mortar, but a book about what houses are to us, and the effect they have on the way we live our lives. It takes a backwards glance at the changing nature of our accommodation: from blacking grates and outside privies to cities dominated by bedsits and lodgings; and houses today being converted back into single dwellings, all open-plan spaces and bringing the outside in. It is also a very personal inquiry into the meaning of home.
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