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My Land of the North
My Land of the North is a tribute by Catherine Cookson to the land of her birth which provided the inspiration for all her novels
To be a Lady
"TO BE A LADY is the biography of the best selling author and northern cultural icon, Catherine Cookson, whose books regularly sell 80, 000 in hardback and over half a million in papeback. Following her story from her birth as illegitimate daughter of a South Shields woman who becomes an alcoholic in later life, through her career as a laundry worker, to her current star status. TO BE A LADY features interviews with the subject and original research, and reveals a great deal of fresh information. This is a warm, sympathetic picture of life in the north before the war and the class antagonisms that she suffered, and of a determined woman who has fought against all the odds to get where she is, who impresses still with her charitable work and no-nonsense approach to life."
Justice is a Woman
The day Joe Remington brought his new bride to Fell Rise, he had already sensed she might not settle easily into his home just outside the Tyneside town of Fellburn. Then when Elaine became pregnant, she saw it as a disaster and only the willingness of her unmarried sister Betty to come an see her through her confinement made it bearable.
The Blind Years
Bridget Gether's parents were killed in the wartime Blitz and she had lived with the Overmeers at Balderstone since she was a child. Unaware that she had been manipulated into agreeing to marry their son Laurence, only an encounter with the son of a neighbouring farmer opened her eyes to the possibility she was making a mistake.
The Parson's Daughter
The Victorian Sabbath was not without its difficulties for some of those committed to its observance. Such a one was Nancy Ann Hazel, the young and high-spirited daughter of a country parson. He was a good man and she loved him dearly, but his Sunday sermons could seem long indeed when beyond the church door the sunshine beckoned her into the fields of this pleasant corner of County Durham. Two older brothers had taught Nancy Ann how to look after herself, so that she could, when necessary, hold her own with the roughest of the village children, eventhough such escapades might not be considered altogether fitting in a daughter of the vicarage; but they foreshadowed the courage and fortitude she would soon enough have to muster when the greater challenges of a controversial marriage thrust her into womanhood, and when conflict and tragedy alike had to be faced and overcome. THE PARSON'S DAUGHTER is a major novel spanning the last quarter of the nineteenth century and introduces one of Catherine Cookson's most memorable heroines. Its strong and vibrant narrative will captivate this great storyteller's readers throughout the world.
A Dinner of Herbs
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A House Divided
Jack the Bookman.
The Cultured Handmaiden
Published in the United States for the first time, this is international bestselling author Cookson's engrossing story of a young secretary looking for romance and respect.
Catherine Cookson
In writing this biography, many of Catherine Cookson's friends have been willing to talk to the author. Even more importantly, Kathleen Jones has had access to early drafts of Catherine's own autobiography, hitherto unseen, and hours of privately taped conversation. Born in 1906, the illegitimate daughter of a domestic servant, Catherine Cookson was brought up on Tyneside in one of the poorest communities of the western world. Her childhood was marred by violence, abuse, alcoholism, shame and guilt. But, with enormous courage and determination, she made her way out of the slums to become one of the best-selling novelists in the world.
My Beloved Son
Ellen Jebeau married a man who did little but dream, and who then died with debt his only legacy. Whatever else her marriage had lacked, however, she had her son Joseph. She resolved he should have all in life she had missed and to achieve that end, she would stop at nothing. It was Sir Arthur Jebeau, her late husband's brother, who came to her aid, and soon Ellen and Joseph were living at the old family seat at Screehaugh. It was a convenient arrangement, one which Ellen was not slow to recognise could work to her advantage, for Sir Arthur was a widower and Screehaugh had no mistress... That was in 1926, but the working out of so many increasingly intertwined destinies would continue for twenty more years and only come to final resolution with Joseph Jebeau's escape from the traumatic heritage of his mother's ruthless ambition and his emergence as his own true self. MY BELOVED SON will rank among Catherine Cookson's most compelling and deeply moving novels and her portrayal of Joseph Jebeau is as sensitive and percipient as any this well-loved author has achieved. From the Paperback edition.
