To Penelope Butler the family was all, the sole ambition of her adult life. Three of her four daughters, however, had different ideas. Rosemary rejected it; Jess was destroyed by it; Celia found it eluded her. Only Emily pursued her mother's ideal, with disastrous results. Penelope begins to record their family story as it unfolds. But when Rosemary discovers these private papers she is enraged by her mother's distortions of the truth and proceeds to tell the story from her perspective. From D-Day on into the turbulent post-war years, a picture emerges not only of a single family in all its complexities, but also of the changing world that shaped their lives.
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Hardback Editions
May 1987 : Hardback
| Title: Private Papers (New Portway Large Print Books) Author(s): Margaret Forster ISBN: 0-7451-7067-6 / 978-0-7451-7067-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 1986 : Hardback
| Title: Private Papers Author(s): Margaret Forster ISBN: 0-7011-2987-5 / 978-0-7011-2987-3 (UK edition) Publisher: Chatto and Windus Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
2004 : Paperback
| Title: Private Papers Author(s): Margaret Forster Publisher: VINTAGE (RAND) Availability: Amazon More details... |
December 1994 : Paperback
| Title: Private Papers Author(s): Margaret Forster ISBN: 0-14-092668-2 / 978-0-14-092668-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 1987 : Paperback
| Title: Private Papers Author(s): Margaret Forster ISBN: 0-14-009266-8 / 978-0-14-009266-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1986 : Paperback
| Title: Private Papers Author(s): Margaret Forster ISBN: 0-09-945562-5 / 978-0-09-945562-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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