The Cultured Handmaiden by Catherine Cookson

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The Cultured Handmaiden by Catherine Cookson

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At 21, Jinny's alone in the world, working with a marked lack of job satisfaction in the typing pool of a big engineering firm in Tyneside. However, things are about to change. Two older men come into her life, and reshape her life.

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The Cultured Handmaiden by Catherine Cookson

At 21, Jinny's alone in the world, working with a marked lack of job satisfaction in the typing pool of a big engineering firm in Tyneside. However, things are about to change. Two older men come into her life, and reshape her life.
Cookson, Catherine: - Catherine Cookson was born in East Jarrow near the mouth of the River Tyne, one of the poorest areas in Britain. Her childhood was deeply scarred by violence, fear, alcoholism, shame and guilt, and her books were inspired by her upbringing. She fought hard for a better life and was determined to be a writer. Her readership quickly spread throughout the world, and her many bestselling novels established her as one of the most popular of contemporary women novelists. After receiving an OBE in 1985, Catherine Cookson was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993, and was appointed an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford, in 1997. She died shortly before her ninety-second birthday, in June 1998. By the time of her death, she had written over one hundred books and was the UK's most widely read novelist, with over 100 million of her books sold, and remained the most-borrowed author in UK public libraries for twenty years. The Cookson Estate recently discovered two unpublished manuscripts - a memoir and a novel - in the attic of Cookson's home. Amazon Publishing will be releasing these two unseen works and the author's backlist will be available through Kindle Direct Publishing, ensuring Catherine Cookson's legacy is available to readers across the globe.
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ISBN 13 9780552124768
ISBN 10 0552124761
Title The Cultured Handmaiden
Author Catherine Cookson
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd
Year published 1999-01-01
Number of pages 400
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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