Have the Men Had Enough?

by Margaret Forster

Book Overview

What do men run away from? Not war, not physical hardship, but the day-to-day emotional demands of impossible domestic situations. That's women's work. This is a story of female courage, where black... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140127690
• ISBN13: 9780140127690
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.5" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Great book!

Prompt delivery all the way from England to US. Out of print book practically free! Thank you.

A 5 star rated book!

Have the men had enough is one of the best books I have ever read...it made me laugh and cry and I felt it depicted the nightmare of dementia within a family briliantly. Margaret Forster is a very astute woman.

Why not 5 stars?

This book is funny, touching and very realistically written - and well written too! Grandma in Had the Men had Enough reminds me very much of old people with senile dementia I knew in real life - all those extremely comical situations mixed with tragedy and insights into the personality the aged used to be. A must for anybody with old family members (who not?). It makes you look at old age in a new and (emotionally) better informed way, a more pensive way maybe. Given the subject the book is not at all heavy reading, it is rather light and straightforward. The only drawback to me lies in the construction of the novel (one star off for that is a lot, I know). The story is told by a mother (Grandma's daughter-in-law) and her daughter (Grandma's grandchild) alternatively. They give a kind of diary account of everything that happens with Grandma - but almost no word about the rest of their lives. A very lively way to tell a story, but it has also its unnatural aspects one perceives only after a while or after having finished the book. Nevertheless, Had the Men had Enough is very much worth reading.

A great read

I thought that Have the Men had enough was a very funny and emotional book. It was well written . Although the book does not have the same action and compelling drama as some, it does keep you laughing and crying the whole way through.