My Beloved Son by Catherine Cookson

My Beloved Son by Catherine Cookson

When Ellen Jebeau's husband dies in 1926, he leaves behind a legacy of debt and empty dreams. However, Ellen is determined that her son Joseph should have everything in life that she never did. Ellen and Joseph soon find themselves in a convenient arrangement with Ellen's brother-in-law, Sir Arthur...

Queen of raw family romances * Telegraph *
Humour, toughness, resolution and generosity are Cookson virtues. . In the specialised world of women's popular fiction, Cookson has created her own territory * Helen Dunmore, The Times *
Catherine Cookson soars above her rivals * Mail on Sunday *

Catherine Cookson was born in Tyne Dock, the illegitimate daughter of a poverty-stricken woman, Kate, whom she believed to be her older sister. She began work in service but eventually moved south to Hastings, where she met and married Tom Cookson, a local grammar-school master. Although she was originally acclaimed as a regional writer - her novel The Round Tower won the Winifred Holtby Award for the best regional novel of 1968 - 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 created a Dame of the British Empire in 1993. She was appointed an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford, in 1997. For many years she lived near Newcastle upon Tyne. She died shortly before her ninety-second birthday, in June 1998.

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ISBN 13	9780552173889
ISBN 10	0552173886
Title	My Beloved Son
Author	Catherine Cookson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Transworld Publishers Ltd
Year published	2017-07-13
Number of pages	432
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