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| Margaret Forster |
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Mother Can You Hear Me? Angela Bradbury's 'Poor mother': delicate, humble, permanently disappointed, has made endless sacrifices for her family, for which they can never be quite grateful enough. 'You can't please your mother,' as her father says. Even now just one phone call from Mother ('You used to be such a nice little girl before you went to grammar school') can send Angela spiralling into guilt, self-recrimination and doubts over her own abilities as a mother. And, what's more, 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... 'Forster has a God-given gift for storytelling' The Times 'Forster is remarkably honest, skilful and perceptive' Observer 'An honest portrait of the generation gap and the perennial irritations that bedevil this most powerful and idealized of all blood ties' Company
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