Download or read book Catherine Cookson written by Kathleen Jones and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Catherine Cookson written by Kathleen Jones and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born into one of Western Europe's most deprived areas, Catherine Cookson lived an eventful and fulfilling life. Her life story, as told by Kathleen Jones, who has had access to unseen material, is as dramatic as many of her best-selling novels.
Download or read book Catherine Cookson A Biography written by Debbie Jabbour and published by Hyperink Inc. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catherine Cookson is one of the most popular and most read English authors of all time, with more than 100 million books sold. She didn't begin writing until she was in her forties, doing so as a form of therapy after a miscarriage and subsequent mental breakdown. Her writing was informed by personal experience, but Cookson was also at heart both a feminist and a socialist. Although many critics, particularly male ones, put down her work as nothing more than romance fiction, in reality she addressed profound social issues that impacted the poor working class in Britain during the beginning of the 20th century. These conditions had a particular impact on women. Cookson was able to write authoritatively because she herself experienced extreme poverty and hardship as a child, yet through hard work and determination was able to take an alternative path in life. Her personal story is retold in countless variations through her novels. Although she did write several autobiographies and books specifically about her own life, each Cookson novel replicates the tale of a heroine who is disadvantaged in some way by the circumstances of her birth and goes on to succeed through hard work and personal conviction. Although Cookson wrote her first story at the age of 11, she did not embrace writing as a career until she was in her 40s, and it wasn't until some ten years later that she finally began to enjoy the financial benefits.
Download or read book Catherine Cookson written by Kathleen Jones and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1999 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Round Tower written by Catherine Cookson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vanessa Ratcliffe is just sixteen, daughter of one of the town's richest men. And in spite of her social standing and convent education, Vanessa's provocative manner often draws envious eyes in her direction. Angus Cotton is a rough diamond, living in filthy Ryder's Row, but as engineer at Affleck and Tate he's worth his weight in gold. Angus has ambitious plans for his future, plans that had never included Vanessa - until now... The Round Tower is a beautifully imagined story of power, love, honour and greed and an award-winning novel from one of Britain's most popular novelists.
Download or read book Our Kate written by Catherine Cookson and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catherine Cookson written by Kathleen Jones and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This autobiography tells of a well known author who was born into one of Western Europe's most deprived areas, to live an eventful and fulfilling life. She rose above her illegitimacy; her dependant and alcoholic mother and an early life filled with fears, hurts, and insecurities to achieve riches and respectability.
Download or read book Life and Mary Ann written by Catherine Cookson and published by Corgi. This book was released on 1962 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kate Hannigan written by Catherine Cookson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first novel from the international bestselling master of romance Catherine Cookson introduces her most charismatic heroine in this timeless tribute to romantic love during England’s Edwardian era. The moment he lays eyes on Kate, Dr. Rodney Prince is enchanted. Despite her poverty, it’s clear that she exudes warmth and intelligence. His own wife, living in the oblivion of velvet cushions and lavish dinner parties, seems crude by comparison. Though they meet only briefly, Kate leaves an indelible mark upon his mind. Rodney knows that Kate’s spirit has suffered at the hands of men. Her father, an embittered dock worker, directed his violent rages toward Kate and her mother. At eighteen, Kate fell victim to a smooth-talking seducer and became the unwed mother of a child. Such circumstances only deepen Rodney’s desire to rescue Kate and overturn the codes of a society that serve to keep them apart. As he unintentionally wins over the heart of Kate’s fatherless daughter, he and Kate begin to acknowledge that the gap between rich and poor might not be so great after all.
Download or read book Catherine Cookson written by Kathleen Jones and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-27 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catherine Cookson was one of the most successful novelists of all time. This new, illustrated biography tells the story of her life. and the search for a father who abandoned her before she was born.
Download or read book Year of the Virgins written by Catherine Cookson and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2011-06-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Simon & Schuster, The Year of the Virgins is another master work of historical fiction from Catherine Cookson. Struggling to maintain a facade of family harmony for the sake of their religious beliefs and three grown children, Winifred and Daniel Coulson begin a legacy in which their youngest son, Donald, must choose between the values of the past and present.
Download or read book The Fifteen Streets written by Catherine Cookson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-04-12 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catherine Cookson was one of the world's most beloved writers. Her books have sold millions of copies, and her characters and their stories have captured the imaginations of readers around the globe. Now, available for the first time in this country, comes one of Cookson's earliest and most stirring historical romances: The Fifteen Streets. John O'Brien lives in a world where surviving is a continual struggle. He works long hours at the docks to help support his parents' large family. Many other families in the Fifteen Streets have already given up and descended into a dismal state of grinding poverty, but the O'Briens continue to strive for a world they are only rarely allowed to glimpse. Then John O'Brien meets Mary Llewellyn, a beautiful young teacher who belongs to that other world. What begins as a casual conversation over tea quickly blossoms into a rare love that should have been perfect. Fate steps in, however, when John is accused of fathering the child of a local girl, and Mary's parents forbid her to see him. The couple begins to realize that the gulf of the Fifteen Streets between them is a chasm they could never bridge-or might they still find a way? In these pages Catherine Cookson displays the irresistible plotting, scene-setting, and characterization that have made her a recognized master of historical and romance fiction. Fans of her novels, with their larger themes of romantic love and class conflict, will be delighted to find that even at the beginning of her illustrious career, Cookson had the power to captivate audiences. Filled with passion and compelling drama, The Fifteen Streets is a rare treat for lovers of romantic fiction.
Download or read book The Upstart written by Catherine Cookson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An absorbing, beautifully told story of wealth, family ties, and class conflict during the 19th century.
Download or read book The Nipper written by Catherine Cookson and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Catherine Cookson story of loyalty and determination set against the harsh background of life in a north-eastern mining area in the early 1800s. 15-year-old Sandy loses his job and his home when the small farm he lives on is sold, and then is horrified when The Nipper is sold as a pit-pony.
Download or read book The Girl from Leam Lane written by Piers Dudgeon and published by Headline Book Pub Limited. This book was released on 2006 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This newly revised biography pieces together the uncensored details of Catherine Cookson's troubled and tempestuous life through a unique combination of previously unreleased material and Catherine's own, personal account. In addition to the original conversations between Catherine and Piers Dudgeon, it includes information contributed by some of those central figures in Catherine's life who, prior to her death, she would not allow to be interviewed. Among the new topics addressed: Catherine's possible bisexuality and the extent to which it affected her marriage; the contents of her own and her husband's wills and whether the vast sum of money left to the Catherine Cookson Foundation has, in fact, been put to the use that she dictated. It also examines the dramatisation of her books and how this kick-started the careers of actors such as Sean Bean and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Not only does this updated biography celebrate her memory; it also offers a breadth of perspective and depth of detail never before available to the millions of Catherine Cookson lovers up and down the country.
Download or read book Our Kate written by Catherine Cookson and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1971-01-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A well-known chronicler of life in northern England records the events of a childhood dominated by the humiliation of illegitimacy
Download or read book The Garment written by Catherine Cookson and published by Corgi Books. This book was released on 1967 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grace Rouse tried in vain to love her husband but found she could not. Looking for love elsewhere, she found herself torn between a man who could give her children and a man who passionately desired children but could only give them his name.
