- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown; 4th Revised edition edition (12 July 1990)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0356191249
- ISBN-13: 978-0356191249
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 625,971 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An autobiographical memoir.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
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Catherine Cookson, the successful author of novels such as "The Fifteen Streets", tells the story of her childhood and her relationship with her mother, Kate, whom she was brought up to believe was her sister.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Catherine Cookson doesn't pull any punches when it comes to talking about her emotions, her childhood and upbringing. This autobiography traces her life from an early age in amazing detail and the reader is drawn into the life and times of the poor northern community that she comes from. Don't expect to read too much about her writing career - she mentions it and talks of early influences but surprisingly (?) she doesn't dwell on it - preferring (as the title suggests) to concentrate on her mother! Catherine’s mother is an alcoholic and the book centres around her influence and the effect that she had on her. There is a sense of her laying some old ghosts to rest and as I said she doesn’t pull her punches, talking of her hatred and shame of her mother, yet it’s also quite obvious to the reader that she loves her deeply. She is also very open about her own nervous breakdown. I would recommend this book even if you haven’t read any of her novels – it’s sad, touching and in places funny. If you have read any of Catherine’s Cookson’s novels you will realise that her own life is at the heart of every one of them!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you enjoyed catherine cookson`s novels you will love this. It is the true story of catherine cookson`s childhood. It tells how her mother had to pretend to be her sister as she was born out of wedlock. There is laughter, tears, abuse, happiness, sadness, hardship - all the things in catherine`s novels are here in this book, and after you`ve read it you will understand why she wrote some of the stories - there are actually parts of her life mingled in there.
"Read the book and know the man...."
Brilliant read !
Why does no-one review cookson`s books..? She was absolutely the best in her field and deserves to be remembered.
"Read the book and know the man...."
Brilliant read !
Why does no-one review cookson`s books..? She was absolutely the best in her field and deserves to be remembered.
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the item arrived on time and in the condition it stated, i would use this company again there performance was good
Published 8 months ago by septimus
This shows how life was on Tyneside between the wars.
I first read this book in 1968 and have looked forward to every newbook that Catherine Cookson wrote. Her grasp of life on Tyneside is so good. Read more
Published on 14 Oct 1999
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