{"product_id":"9780099593973-my-life-in-houses","title":"My Life in Houses","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘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.’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSo 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘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.’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSo 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450560328054,"sku":"9780099593973","price":11.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32227945.jpg?v=1760453431","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780099593973-my-life-in-houses","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}