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Advantages: Another great Cookson Novel
Disadvantages: none

...creates when pen meets paper. A tale of hardship, poverty and children that are thrust into adulthood without a thought in the world. Cookson introduces us to new characters: Roddy Greenbank, a boy whose family is torn apart and he is suddenly an orphan in the world with amnesia following appalling circumstances, Mary Ellen, a spirited girl who is enraptured by Roddy and follows him like a long shadow on a summers day. Finally we meet Hal, the quiet ...
...with a silent tongue but a heavy fist. Following these three children growing up long before their time in an era where children are the providers for a home, you can help but being drawn in. Its definitely a book I would recommend to any Catherine Cookson fans - it has characters that draw you in and puts in fine details the struggle of the lower and middle class families. It is also a longer book than some of her others - though it certainly ... Read review

Advantages: This is a very powerful love story
Disadvantages: Only that it is a very long story

...opinion of this book " A House Divided". When i first started reading A house divided by catherine cookson i wasnt real thrilled it seemed like i had to go allmost over half way through this book to get into it? But once i made it over half way through i couldnt put it down! This book consist of 645 pages and was very long. Catherine Cookson has written about 19 books. For me this is the first one in her collection! This book will make u smile ,laugh, ...
...This is a very delightful love story that will touch your heart and keep u turning the pages with out ceasing! The Captain Matthew Wallington is a british soldier who lost his sight in a battle in the war. He was in a hospital for a long time injured and had shell shock. The marvelous Mrs. Duckworth is his nurse and gets him through his trama in the most enduring way. She is a lady in every way and a wonderful nurse and person! If not for Mrs. Duckworth ... Read review

Advantages: A literary accreditation to Non Fiction
Disadvantages: The only disadvantage is if you havent yet read it

Catherine Cookson's Literary skills are a force to be reckoned with. This book encompasses everything you would expect from an author who speaks of lower class degredation as if she has tasted it herself time and time again. Lizzie Gillespie is a character that draws you in, making you feel her anguish and embrace her small successes. When Lizzie is rescued from a step mother who too is too eager to sacrifice her youth and innocence, it appears that ...
...family home and makes her a companion of his mother before leaving for war. His memory of leaving 14 year old Lizzie is a bright willful child with a life of promise ahead of her. Upon returning from war with a back as straight as a rod yet at the same time downtrodden in heart and spirit, he is enraptured by the woman who appears before him with etheral features and inner strength of a thousand armies. With the weights of the war on his back he ... Read review

Advantages: Light and entertaining
Disadvantages: A little unreal

...they are very unbelievable because Bill Bailey is every woman's dream man. He is handsome, strong, protective, gentlemanly etc. He is too good to be true. Do any of us know a man that perfect? There were parts in these novels when I did find myself getting emotional and I would also say the books are hard to put down. Before reading these series of books I would have considered Catherine Cookson's books to be a bit like Mills and Boon but I have ... Read review

Advantages: Captivating
Disadvantages: Can not put it down

...Colour Blind was written in 1953,and as often her work does,tackles issues of unemployment and class at the time.It also tackles the sensative issue of colour,and in this makes this book somewhat more unusual than some of her later work. The story - Centered around her beloved Tyneside,the story follows a fimillies lives.A mixed marraige,it's end results,the social implications for the couple,their child and the extended family. Starting with ...
...and impending baby,to a family that can barely comprehend the mortal sin she has commited...worsened by the fact as a catholic she wed in a registry office.The story then follows her harrowed life as the cosequences of her actions becomes apparent by the way her family and neighbours continue to treat her.The disturbed and evil brother that causes untold fear and disrution,as events turn violent and her husband is forced to flee for his life by the ... Read review