* NEW TO KINDLE EBOOK * Set against backgrounds of the north-east, the south coast and London, and ranging from the 1920s to the end of the author’s life, here are ten stories from the pen of the incomparable Catherine Cookson. In these compelling tales we discover once again the magical storytelling ability that has made Catherine Cookson one of the world’s most popular writers. A husband is forced to re-examine his family relationships; life behind the scenes in a department store is revealed; friendship blossoms in the London Underground during the Blitz. And in an ambitious set of three stories, Cookson traces the changes that she has witnessed during her life in the way we view marriage and pregnancy. The stories in this collection have all the qualities that Catherine Cookson’s admirers enjoy in her earlier books, and they will introduce her readers to a whole new gallery of true-to-life characters.
Author
Catherine Cookson was born in Tyne Dock, the illegitimate daughter of a poverty-stricken woman, Kate, who Catherine believed was her older sister. Catherine 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 best-selling novels established her as one of the most popular contemporary woman novelist. She received an OBE in 1985, was created a Dame of the British Empire in 1993, and was appointed an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford, in 1997. For many years she lived near Newcastle upon Tyne.
