Isa and May
- Published: 1 July 2010
- ISBN: 9781409089315
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 320
[Forster] has written so brilliantly about female relationships...she can encapsulate a whole scene in a single sentence... [A] whole rich, fascinating novel
Kate Saunders, Literary Review
A compelling portrait of family life
Big Issue North
A compelling story, sometimes funny, sometimes painfully sad... All family life is here, messy, insistent and, as the author convincingly shows, as essential as breathing
Penny Perrick, Sunday Times
A deliciously observed, dilemma-and-drama-packed read
Helen Brown, Daily Mail
A sensitive and intelligent novel with passages of beautifully modulated pathos, while being in part, hugely funny
Matthew Dennison, The Times
Captivating... Like a beloved granny's visit, we're a little bit sorry to see the end approaching
Irish Times
Curious, compelling story
Sunday Telegraph
Enjoyable and memorable
Sue Gaisford, Financial Times
In a classic Forster novel about class and generational upheaval, here the author writes tenderly about the influence of grandmothers and their desire, as Sand put it, to "stuff" their grandchildren "with happiness"
Emma Hagestadt, Independent
Margaret Forster has always had the enviable gift of making her characters spring to life, and both Isa and May do just that
Allan Massie, The Scotsman
Margaret Forster's professional skills and accomplishment are to the fore, as usual
Paul Bailey, Independent
This rich novel, full of pathos, concerns the unbridgeable gaps between generations
Daily Telegraph