My Life in Houses

‘i Was Born On 25th May, 1938, In The Front Bedroom Of A House In Orton Road, A House On The Outer Edges Of Raffles, A Council Estate. I Was A Lucky Girl.’ So Begins Margaret Forster’s Journey Through The Houses She’s Lived In, From That Sparkling New Council House, To Her Beloved London Home Of Today. This Is Not A Book About Bricks And Mortar Though. This Is A Book About What Houses Are To Us, The Effect They Have On The Way We Live Our Lives And The Changing Nature Of Our Homes: From Blacking Grates And Outside Privies; To Cities Dominated By Bedsits And Lodgings; To The Houses Of Today Converted Back Into Single Dwellings. Finally, It Is A Gently Insistent, Personal Inquiry Into The Meaning Of Home.