The Garment & Slinky Jane: Two Wonderful Novels in One Volume (Catherine Cookson Ominbuses) [Paperback]

Catherine Cookson (Author)

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Publication Date: March 7, 2006 | Series: Catherine Cookson Ominbuses

Two Catherine Cookson novels in one volume. In The Garment, a woman faces up to the fact that her marriage is a sham and will never bring her the fulfilment she desperately needs. In Slinky Jane, the youngest member of the Puddleton clan falls for an enigmatic stranger.

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About the Author

Catherine Cookson was born in Tyne Dock, the illegitimate daughter of a poverty-stricken woman, Kate, whom she believed to be her older sister. At the age of forty she began writing about the lives of the working-class people with whom she had grown up, using the place of her birth as the background to many of her novels. Her many bestselling 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 died shortly before her ninety-second birthday in June 1998.

Product Details

• Paperback: 640 pages
• Publisher: Transworld Publishers (March 7, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0552147052
• ISBN-13: 978-0552147057
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.5 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #873,821 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two Lessons in First Impressions, August 2, 2001

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This review is from: The Garment & Slinky Jane: Two Wonderful Novels in One Volume (Catherine Cookson Ominbuses) (Paperback)

The Garment tells of a young woman (Grace), recently married to Donald Rouse, a parson whom she adores. Over the first two years of their marriage, Grace's eyes are opened to the real man behind the facade, as she experiences the frustrations and feelings of rejection of an unconsummated marriage. Grace suffocates under this oppression, until she finds love, passion and more elsewhere. The Garment shows how vital it is for a woman to find love and fulfillment in her life, even when it comes at great sacrifice.

Slinky Jane is the story of an innocent but very private woman who stops over in a small town, only to turn the town upside down. Her behavior raises the suspicions of the town's women, who believe she threatens their marriages. It is also about finding love when and where one least expects it, and how that love can be strong enough to face life full of uncertainies.

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wounderful !, January 21, 2002

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This review is from: The Garment & Slinky Jane: Two Wonderful Novels in One Volume (Catherine Cookson Ominbuses) (Paperback)

You'll be so suprised at this one . Catherine cookson
books are great .I love everything she writes !