Love and Mary Ann a [Paperback]

Cookson C (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1991

Her expensive convent education hadn’t changed Mary Ann Shaughnessy one little bit. Sure, she could come over all refined when she had to, but who’d want to talk ever so nice on a farm?

But in other respects she was growing up fast. As Mary Ann began to learn about the feelings of adults, so could she see that the more they loved someone, the more they could hurt and be hurt. And it wasn’t just grown-ups who felt this way either. With something of a start, she realised that – whenever she caught sight of Corny Boyle – she could recognise those same feeling swelling up inside herself…

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 189 pages
• Publisher: Little Brown Paperbacks (a&C) (May 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0708843697
• ISBN-13: 978-0708843697
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #352,120 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More 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. 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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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More of Mary Ann's Mishaps, October 23, 2009

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Tara (Utah) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love and Mary Ann a (Paperback)

This is the fourth and in my personal opinion, best one so far of the Mary Ann series. Perhaps its improvement in my eyes is due to the fact that the story is no longer about an eight year old, but twelve going on thirteen... or thirty if you go by the heroine's evergrowing maturity. In this segment in the life of the fiesty Mary Ann, so many things are happening. There is never a dull moment. A situation with a very agressive bull and yet another gal that Mary Ann cannot get along with, Lorna, leads to a lot of excitement that could very well end in court. Mary Ann's brother is making eyes at her longtime enemy, Sarah Flannegan. Mary's Ann's mother's former beau is getting a divorce from his present wife and of course, Mary Ann has to meddle in that cause she cannot have him making trouble in her ma and da's marriage again. Her dad's boss, Mr. Lord, reveals some shocking intentions regarding Mary Ann's and his grandson, Tony's, futures. These revelations may cause Tony to leave the farm, resulting in the loss of a good friend for Mary Ann. And in the middle of all this ruckus, (in between prayers for her granny's death), Mary Ann is having a "pre teen" romance with a trumpet player whose clothes are way too small for him.

What makes this one even better is you know without a doubt that the err... S(edited) will hit the fan at Mary Ann's thirteenth birthday party. Terrific drum roll like sequence of events. I am looking forward to more of this older Mary Ann.

4.0 out of 5 stars Mary Ann series, April 21, 2009

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This review is from: Love and Mary Ann (Hardcover)

After reading the first catherine cookson book and my first Mary Ann story, I purchased all books related to this fascinating little girl and her family.

I read many of the Mary Ann books over and over again and would recommend all of the Mary Ann books.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Storyline ...., November 7, 2003

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This review is from: Love and Mary Ann a (Paperback)

From the cover: "Mary Ann may have grown up, but she hasn't changed. As irrepressible as ever, she's still doing what she does best: interfering in other peoples' lives. She's never one to resist a bit of matchmaking herself, but heaven help anyone who tries her at her own game. Though she may not yet know much about love, Mary Ann knows who's stolen her heart." Part of the series of "Mary Ann" books written by Catherine Cookson.