Author: DUDGEON, PIERS
Title: The Girl from Leam Lane - the Life and Writing of Catherine Cookson (Revised and Expanded Centenary Edition)
Description: London, Headline. 2006. (ISBN: 0755314972). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped.xv11 + 302 pages. 64 illustrations. Catherine Cookson (1906-1998), the illegitimate daughter of an Irish barmaid, was born in a two room apartment in a run-down area of dockland on the south bank of the Tyne. Forty four years later her debut novel 'Kate Hannigan' was accepted by the first publisher to whom it was submitted. It established her as a powerful creator of character and a storyteller of rare talent. Piers Dudgeon was granted many hours of exclusive interviews over a 15 year period until Catherine's death. Now, in the company of her family and others who declined to be interviewed during her lifetime, he sheds new light on the tortured drama of her personal life and final days, and on her legacy to the nation. D4F. Fine/Fine.

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