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Wings Bestsellers: Catherine Cookson: Three Complete Novels

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This trilogy of novels is an excellent introduction to the works of Catherine Cookson. THE LOVE CHILD tells the story of a family whose children are all illegitimate. (This is a common theme of Cookson who was herself an illegitimate child, thought her mother was her sister until the age of 7.) The prejudice and cruelty to this family from the small town where they all live is shocking. Her second novel THE MALTESE ANGEL is about Ward's obsession and infatuation with a young woman he meets who performs on a stage as the Maltese Angel. After they marry, disaster follows them and their children. THE YEAR OF THE VIRGINS is a story of smother love. Donald's mother is a woman obsessed with her son's virginity prior to his marriage. He is crippled in a terrible car accident on his wedding day and his mother goes ballistic in her treatment of him, his wife and the rest of her family. Not a spoiler alert but her novels are not romantic in the Danielle Steel genre. They are gritty, showing all the hidden nuances of the human heart. However, her characters always triumph which I find so inspiring. I highly recommend the book THE GIRL FROM LEAM LANE by Piers Dudgeon (available from Amazon.com) This book includes interviews with Cookson, tells her life story and gives the back story to many of her novels, it makes a great companion guide to reading them. See my other Cookson reviews for books/series I recommend highly!

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Wings Bestsellers: Catherine Cookson: Three Complete Novels

Very pleased with service and condition of book. I was unexpectedly out of USA, in England of course, when book arrived so apologize for late review.