Diary of an Ordinary Woman
Against War
In this novel written as diary, the quintessential twentieth-century woman is seen in close-up -- independent, vulnerable, determined, coping with the large and small tragedies and upheavals of the century. A clever piece of "memoir" writing which could fool everyone.
Born in Carlisle, England, 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 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.
