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The Dwelling Place
Catherine Cookson
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Description for The Dwelling Place
Paperback. County Durham, 1830s. When fifteen-year-old Cissie Brodie loses her parents to cholera, she is forced out of the family cottage and left to raise her nine brothers and sisters by herself. Although desperately poor, strong-willed Cissie determines to build a new home for them all, their own little shelter to keep them from the workhouse. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 31. Weight in Grams: 290.
County Durham, 1830s When fifteen-year-old Cissie Brodie loses her parents to cholera, she is forced out of the family cottage and left to raise her nine brothers and sisters by herself. Although desperately poor, strong-willed Cissie determines to build a new home for them all, their own little shelter to keep them from the workhouse. They have friends, but charity cannot always spare them the harsh reality of their struggle and when Cissie attracts the unwanted attentions of a local landowner, her world seems close to collapse. ... Read more
County Durham, 1830s When fifteen-year-old Cissie Brodie loses her parents to cholera, she is forced out of the family cottage and left to raise her nine brothers and sisters by herself. Although desperately poor, strong-willed Cissie determines to build a new home for them all, their own little shelter to keep them from the workhouse. They have friends, but charity cannot always spare them the harsh reality of their struggle and when Cissie attracts the unwanted attentions of a local landowner, her world seems close to collapse. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552173988
SKU
V9780552173988
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Ref
99-99
About Catherine Cookson
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Dwelling Place
Catherine Cookson is an icon; without her influence, I and many other authors would not have followed in her footsteps.
Val Wood
Queen of raw family romances
Telegraph
Humour, toughness, resolution and generosity are Cookson virtues . . . In the specialised world of women's popular fiction, Cookson has created her own ... Read more
Val Wood
Queen of raw family romances
Telegraph
Humour, toughness, resolution and generosity are Cookson virtues . . . In the specialised world of women's popular fiction, Cookson has created her own ... Read more