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Margaret Forster

Born

in Carlisle, The United Kingdom

May 25, 1938

Died

February 08, 2016

Website

http://www.visitcumbria.com/mforster.htm

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction

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Margaret Forster was educated at the Carlisle and County High School for Girls. From here she won an Open Scholarship to Somerville College, Oxford where in 1960 she was awarded an honours degree in History.

From 1963 Margaret Forster worked as a novelist, biographer and freelance literary critic, contributing regularly to book programmes on television, to Radio 4 and various newpapers and magazines.

Forster was married to the writer, journalist and broadcaster Hunter Davies. They lived in London. and in the Lake District. They had three children, Caitlin, Jake and Flora.

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Margaret Forster’s books

Average rating: 3.79 · 16,444 ratings · 1,843 reviews · 70 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lady's Maid 3.86 avg rating — 2,283 ratings — published 1990 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diary of an Ordinary Woman 4.14 avg rating — 1,565 ratings — published 2003 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daphne du Maurier 4.04 avg rating — 1,135 ratings — published 1993 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unknown Bridesmaid 3.53 avg rating — 1,286 ratings — published 2013 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Measure a Cow 3.21 avg rating — 1,224 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Keeping the World Away 3.83 avg rating — 1,016 ratings — published 2006 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Life in Houses 3.93 avg rating — 860 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hidden Lives: A Family Memoir 4.07 avg rating — 785 ratings — published 1995 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Memory Box 3.32 avg rating — 829 ratings — published 1999 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Have the Men Had Enough? 4.03 avg rating — 570 ratings — published 1989 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Margaret Forster (?)

“I don't like taking from anyone. I'd rather be a giver, though not for any worthy reason. It's about control, obviously. If I give, I control; if I take, I am controlled. If someone offers me something for free I am at once suspicious.”
― Margaret Forster, The Memory Box

tags: control, giving-and-taking

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“She smiled slightly as she continued to gaze at the passing scene: she was being a snob and delighting in it.”
― Margaret Forster, Lady's Maid

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“Her mind raced with millions of violent and spectacular thoughts and ideas and in the centre of herself, she stored a passion which might terrify people if they suspected it.”
― Margaret Forster, Keeping the World Away

tags: inner-world

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Polls

One of the challenges for January-March 2015 will be to read a book by the three authors that get the most votes in this poll. The list is drawn from discussions to date. Vote for your favourite by clicking on the photograph or add someone who is missing in the space at the end of the list.

Haruki Murakami

4 votes 20.0%

David Mitchell (write-in)

3 votes 15.0%

Helen Dunmore

2 votes 10.0%

Marilynne Robinson

2 votes 10.0%

Margaret Forster (write-in)

2 votes 10.0%

Patrick Gale (write-in)

2 votes 10.0%

Gillian Flynn

1 vote 5.0%

Khaled Hosseini

1 vote 5.0%

Jodi Picoult

1 vote 5.0%

Deborah Levy (write-in)

1 vote 5.0%

Ian McEwan

1 vote 5.0%

ian mcewan (write-in)

1 vote 5.0%

David Guterson

0 votes 0.0%

David Nicholls

0 votes 0.0%

Deborah Levy

0 votes 0.0%

Ian McEwan

-1 votes -5.0%

20 total votes

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