Mary Ann's Angels [Paperback]

Catherine Cookson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Corgi (1974)
• ASIN: B000RDJGUK
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,540,718 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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5.0 out of 5 stars Troublesome Twins, November 27, 2009

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

This is the seventh in the Mary Ann series and fans will not be disappointed. There are two Mary Anns now.. Mary Ann has twins, David and Rose Mary and Rose Mary at six is just like Mary Ann was at age eight. So now we have double the delight and double the trouble!

David, however, chooses to be a mute child. Is it because his sister speaks for him all the time? Mary Ann's husband thinks so. As he and Mary Ann disagree on the issue, situations arise that cause a major blow up and Mary Ann walks out.

Are Mary Ann and Corny over almost as soon as they began? Who will admit they are in the wrong? I found this to be a great tale about marriage and meeting your spouse halfway. Sometimes, as this story shows, one must swallow their pride..

5.0 out of 5 stars I am a Catherine Cookson fan, December 28, 2008

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Adelheid Mueller "Heidi" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mary Ann's Angels (Hardcover)

I absolutely love all of Catherine Cookson's books. I don't know what I am going to do when I have read them all. The best storyteller around.