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The complicated tangle of their relations reads like something out of a fat English novel. At the close of the 18th century, the Fricker sisters wed three close friends, two of whom would indelibly shape Romantic literature. Sexy, impulsive Sarah found her match in Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Mary, the intellectual one, married Robert Lovell, who left her a widow at 25; and s
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Paperback, 360 pages
Published
January 28th 1999
by Random House Australia
(first published February 26th 1990)
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This book was fascinating as it gave an insight and detailed account into Catherine Cookson’s tough life. I had no idea she suffered so much, first as a young girl growing up in poverty then afflicted by many health problems. Very sad though, it seemed she was a fighter.
*Book #69/72 of my 2019 coffee table to-read challenge, cont. 2020
*Book #69/72 of my 2019 coffee table to-read challenge, cont. 2020
Jan 31, 2012
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Catherine Cookson was the most amazing woman to write about - a life story more incredible than any of her novels or memoirs. Most of the information in the biography was taken from tapes recorded by Catherine's first agent who wrote a biography that Catherine suppressed. Only after her death could the information be made public and I was very lucky to be given the tapes. They were electrifying!
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In 1994, I wrote a letter to Catherine Cookson, explaining that my Mam was a huge fan, and that I wanted to get her something special for her 40th birthday. I asked if it were possible for her to autograph a book for her. I told her about my studies at university, explaining that I was from the North East like her, but having moved to Australia when I was so young, my ties to the North East felt somehow tenuous, and all I knew of it was only from her books. I told her I had only read one or two
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The best of the Catherine Cookson Biographies.
This book is very well written, very interesting and certainly three-quarters of the book is well paced. I've read a few other Catherine Cookson biographies and been really disappointed, not liked the tone of the writing etc. but this one is certainly the best tribute to one of our greatest novelists. There are quite a few photos which add to the interest and quotes from Catherine's novels/interviews etc woven into the writing all with references whe ...more
This book is very well written, very interesting and certainly three-quarters of the book is well paced. I've read a few other Catherine Cookson biographies and been really disappointed, not liked the tone of the writing etc. but this one is certainly the best tribute to one of our greatest novelists. There are quite a few photos which add to the interest and quotes from Catherine's novels/interviews etc woven into the writing all with references whe ...more
I was devastated when 'Our Kate' passed away!! I had read, loved, and devoured all her books over the years...I still have them all!
Her upbringing in Newcastle, UK, and the subsequent popularity of her life, and the #1 novelist that she became, was quite remarkable, to herself and everyone she knew, plus those of us who only knew her through her books.
She found the ability to make a huge amount of people happy, losing themselves in her tales, even if only for a short time!! ...more
Her upbringing in Newcastle, UK, and the subsequent popularity of her life, and the #1 novelist that she became, was quite remarkable, to herself and everyone she knew, plus those of us who only knew her through her books.
She found the ability to make a huge amount of people happy, losing themselves in her tales, even if only for a short time!! ...more
An interesting life and a very good read.
An interesting read of the life of one of my favourite authors.
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