The Unknown Bridesmaid

Perfectly paced and with superbly drawn characters, this is a compelling story skilfully told

Choice

Nobody is better than Margaret Forster, with her clear calm prose, at delineating the fault lines of the ordinary, unexceptional and hidden lives

Jennifer Selway, Daily Express

Margaret Forster is a brilliant and prolific writer... her latest novel is one of her best... The book it most reminded me of, curiously enough, was Julian Barnes's The Sense of an Ending... Barnes, of course, won the Booker for his novel. I hope that Margaret Forster gets the recognition she deserves for this one

Elizabeth Day, Observer

There is no one to match [Forster] for the way her assured,subtle and careful prose can detail the insecurities, torments and problems of what are, to all surface appearances, just nondescript, unremarkable and often half-lived lives

The Lady

Margaret Forster has a deft and idiosyncratic touch

Penelope Lively, Spectator

A story which becomes steadily more gripping

WI Magazine

Remarkable…disturbing…fascinating

Independent

Makes such uncomfortable reading that at times you can barely turn the page, but it’s so compelling that you have to

Mail on Sunday

Margaret Forster is a brilliant and prolific writer... her latest novel is one of her best… It's a gripping read

Observer

A brilliantly uncomfortable read about the art of forgetfulness

Emma Hagestadt, Independent

Brilliant... You won't put this book down until its emotional end

Siraj Patel, Daily Express

a mesmerizing, unsettling novel

New York Times