Rosie of the River [Import] [Paperback]

Catherine Cookson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 284 pages
• Publisher: Corgi; New Ed edition (2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0552147125
• ISBN-13: 978-0552155595
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.7 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,846,403 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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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Worth Reading!, April 24, 2008

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Ann Rule Fan "bab" (McPherson, Kansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rosie of the River (Paperback)

As much as I love Catherine Cookson's works, Rosie of the River was probably the worst one of the 80 or so I've read. The setting is too modern. The characters are poorly developed. Some of the scenes didn't make any sense. If I didn't know better I would swear that she didn't even write this book! Actually, she may not have written the completed work, as it was published after her death. Of all of her books, this one just isn't a good read!