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The Memory Box
A young woman leaves a sealed memory box for her baby daughter before she dies. Years later, as a young woman herself, Catherine finds her mother's box full of unexplained, even weird objects. Finding out what the objects represent is her only chance to find out about the mother she never knew...
288 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
About the author
Margaret Forster
74 books201 followersMargaret 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.
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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April 18, 2012
Margaret Forster mi ha incuriosito molto grazie a questo blog, che ne parla molto anche se non c'è una recensione di The Memory Box. La trama di questo romanzo è molto interessante: la protagonista, Catherine, si ritrova costretta ad affrontare il ricordo della madre Susannah, morta quando lei aveva pochi mesi, grazie ad una scatola dei ricordi che quest'ultima aveva preparato negli ultimi mesi di vita, e che Catherine si era sempre rifiutata di vedere, preferendo considerare la matrigna Charlotte la sua vera e unica madre. Ora però che sia suo padre che Charlotte sono morti, e la loro casa deve essere velocemente svuotata per la vendita, Catherine ritrova la scatola in soffitta e non può far altro che portarla a casa con sé, finendo con l'esserne ossessionata, anche se gli oggetti che vi ritrova diventano l'occasione per un percorso di crescita e di scoperta.
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