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- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2018
Summary
Born into grinding poverty, young Freddie Musgrave relies on his wits to survive and help feed his family. He earns a few shillings by navigating his little boat across the swift-flowing waters of the Tyne, running messages and smuggling goods between the busy seaports on either side of the river and evading the customs agents.
Luck is on his side … until the night he witnesses something truly horrific. In a supremely brave act he saves a life - and changes his own forever.
Ga…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552175579 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0552175579 |
| Author: | Catherine Cookson |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Corgi Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2018 |
| Weight: | 304g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 28mm |
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Queen of raw family romances
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 *
About The Author
Catherine Cookson
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 best-selling 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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