Mother can you hear me margaret forster

Even now, just one phone call from Mother can send Angela spiralling into guilt, self-recrimination and doubts over her own abilities as a mother. Worryingly, Angela's relationship with her own daughter Sadie seems to be going the same way, as Sadie develops into a sullen, unresponsive adolescent. It seems that motherhood is a heritage of disappointments and broken promises.

But Angela is determined that, somehow, her relationship with Sadie will be different. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

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Mar 10, Lauren Albert rated it liked it Shelves: fiction. I was torn between giving this a 3 and a 4. I think if it had been shorter, I would have given it a 4. Forster does an amazing job of showing us all of the subtleties of mother daughter relationships. But the painful pull between love and resentment, joyful giving and obligation, is portrayed at too much length and so it becomes as tedious as it does in real life. Even as someone without children, I found her portrayal of Angela's confusion over her relationship with her daughter astute.

She only wanted her daughter to live without the guilt and neediness she herself grew up with but also wants to feel needed and is pained by her daughter's independence--the independence that she dreamed of for her. View 2 comments. Jul 25, Lizzie rated it did not like it. What insipid characters. Sorry but I tried to like this book but really struggled to finish it.

Dec 07, Kirsty Darbyshire rated it really liked it Shelves: paperback. The narrative stays with thirty something Angela all the way through this book, s This book had numerous similarities with the last of Forster's books that I read Have The Men Had Enough? Another good book, Forster is fast becoming one of my favourite authors. I found the main character sort of annoying. She constantly felt guilty about not doing enough for her mother. She was also constantly worried about making sure her own daughter didn't ever feel that kind of guilt, even though she was constantly disappointed by how little support her daughter gave her.

I didn't enjoy this book. This might be the last Margaret Forster I try!! I couldn't work out the value of putting part of the story in italics - having got to the end, I'm still not sure whether it was to explain the actions of the main character, or the effect it had on her daughter.

I was also disappointed in the ending. I guess I was just waiting for something more dramatic. With Angela's parents there is an undertone of glumness and she lives in fear of not doing enough, of saying the wrong thing.

As the dark tense fear of critisism tires her, she is in danger of trying to place her own daughter's heartstrings in a grip. Shop with confidence. Get the item you ordered or get your money back. Learn more - eBay Money Back Guarantee - opens in a new window or tab. Seller information awesomebooksusa Contact seller. Visit store. See other items More See all. Item Information Condition:. Sign in to check out Check out as guest.

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Angela Bradbury's 'Poor Mother' : delicate, humble, permanently disappointed, has made endless sacrifices for her family, for which they can never quite be grateful enough. Even now, just one phone call from Mother can send Angela spiralling into guilt, self-recrimination and doubts over her own abilities as a mother.

Worryingly, Angela's relationship with her own daughter Sadie seems to be going the same way, as Sadie develops into a sullen, unresponsive adolescent. It seems that motherhood is a heritage of disappointments and broken promises.

But Angela is determined that, somehow, her relationship with Sadie will be different. Visit Seller's Storefront.