Böcker av Catherine Cookson

När Marias man dör blir hon ensam med de fyra barnen, trots att hon bara är 27 år gammal. Hon lyckas får ett jobb som hushållerska hos den märkliga mr Miller på den ensliga gården Moor House där barnen måste smyga omkring och de nästan är helt isolerade från omvärlden. Så inträffar en ödesdiger händelse som förändrar livet för Maria och barnen på ett sätt som ingen hade kunnat ana.Catherine Cookson föddes 1906 i South Shields och dog 1998 i Newcastle-upon-Tyne. "Kate Hannigan", hennes första roman, utkom 1949. Hon var en av 1900-talets mest älskade underhållningsförfattare och blev både upptagen i Brittiska Imperieordern och adlad till följd av sitt författarskap. Flera brittiska tv-serier är baserade på hennes romaner, som översatts i 25 länder.

Nyrika Samuel Fairbrother köper av en gigantisk herrgård, ett hus som tydligt demonstrerar hans nya rikedomar. Med på köpet följer tjänstefolket under ledning av den bildade och världsvana butlern Roger Maitland, som tycker att den nya ägaren är en buffel. En ständig kamp pågår mellan Maitland och Samuel och allt ställs på sin spets när butlern och Samuels dotter Janet deklarerar att de vill gifta sig med varandra.Catherine Cookson föddes 1906 i South Shields och dog 1998 i Newcastle-upon-Tyne. "Kate Hannigan", hennes första roman, utkom 1949. Hon var en av 1900-talets mest älskade underhållningsförfattare och blev både upptagen i Brittiska Imperieordern och adlad till följd av sitt författarskap. Flera brittiska tv-serier är baserade på hennes romaner, som översatts i 25 länder.

Den vackra, föräldralösa Millie får en enkel och kärleksfull uppfostran av den barska men godhjärtade lumphandlerskan Agnes "Tras-Aggie" Winkowski. Möjligheten att jobba som barnflicka på en herrgård gör att Millie kan bidra till uppehället, tills en dramatisk och skrämmande händelse förändrar allt.Catherine Cookson föddes 1906 i South Shields och dog 1998 i Newcastle-upon-Tyne. "Kate Hannigan", hennes första roman, utkom 1949. Hon var en av 1900-talets mest älskade underhållningsförfattare och blev både upptagen i Brittiska Imperieordern och adlad till följd av sitt författarskap. Flera brittiska tv-serier är baserade på hennes romaner, som översatts i 25 länder.

Yorkshire, 1880s. At nineteen years old, Bridget Dean Mordaunt inherits her father's candle and blacking factories. Determined to restore the businesses to their former glory, by the time she turns twenty-three she is running them as confidently as any man. But despite her success, trouble is looming.

When Millie's mother abandons her one late afternoon in 1854, fate brings the seven-year-old to Aggie's door - and life will never be the same for either of them. The unlikely pair soon form an unexpectedly strong bond. But there will be obstacles in their paths - will their friendship survive?

When John O'Brien fell in love with Mary Llewellyn he knew there was a gulf between them that nothing could bridge - the gulf of the "Fifteen Streets".

County Durham, 1830sWhen 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.

Cumbria, 1870s. Just before her fifteenth birthday Jinnie Howlett is offered a position as maid-of-all-work at a farm near the Cumbrian border.

She resolved he should have all in life she had missed and to achieve that end, she would stop at nothing.It was Sir Arthur Jebeau, her late husband's brother, who came to her aid, and soon Ellen and Joseph were living at the old fmaily seat at Screehaugh.

This collection of poems draws on many themes that will be familiar to the readers of Catherine Cookson's novels: love, work, class and the beauty of nature.

When Kate Mitchell was offered the job of part-time secretary at Tor-Fret, a lonely old house on the Northumberland fells, she had no idea that the household was composed only of men. Her employer, Maurice Rossiter, an embittered victim of polio, was subject to alternative fits of temper and depression.

For between the two families raged a violent and bitter feud - a feud so powerful that the very name of Cadwell made Ralph Batley seethe with uncontrollable fury. Into this stormy atmosphere came Linda Metcalfe, a young agricultural student, who innocently became involved in the tension between the two households on the day of her arrival.

Whether writing of priests or doctors, or looking back to episodes in her Tyneside childhood, the author displays all the qualities that have made her one of the world's most widely-read and best-loved novelists.

Bara två år efter att hans fru dött gifter Hector Stewart om sig med Moira Conelly i ett försök att rädda familjegården på engelska landsbygden. Moira ska nämligen snart få ta del av ett rejält arv. När sedan Moira blir lurad på arvspengarna faller familjen isär, men efter att en oväntad tragedi inträffar får de en chans att stärka banden mellan sig igen.Catherine Cookson föddes 1906 i South Shields och dog 1998 i Newcastle-upon-Tyne. "Kate Hannigan", hennes första roman, utkom 1949. Hon var en av 1900-talets mest älskade underhållningsförfattare och blev både upptagen i Brittiska Imperieordern och adlad till följd av sitt författarskap. Flera brittiska tv-serier är baserade på hennes romaner, som översatts i 25 länder.

Agnes Conway är den 22-åriga föreståndaren för faderns tobaksbutiker. Fadern verkar bekymmerslös och oansvarig, men det finns mörka hemligheter i hans förflutna som till slut kommer till ytan. Agnes är en stark ung kvinna som lyckas behålla sitt grepp om tillvaron genom många tragiska händelser under tiden före, under och efter första världskriget.Catherine Cookson föddes 1906 i South Shields och dog 1998 i Newcastle-upon-Tyne. "Kate Hannigan", hennes första roman, utkom 1949. Hon var en av 1900-talets mest älskade underhållningsförfattare och blev både upptagen i Brittiska Imperieordern och adlad till följd av sitt författarskap. Flera brittiska tv-serier är baserade på hennes romaner, som översatts i 25 länder.

Bill and Fiona Bailey are eagerly awaiting the arival of their first child... Catherine Cookson uses her unique gifts to splendid effect in this heartwarming story.

Angus has ambitious plans for his future, plans that had never included Vanessa - until now .

The woman who presented herself at the offices of the respectable firm of London solicitors was frail, and her clothes hung off her body. She asked to see the firm's senior partner, Alexander Armstrong, who was amazed when her learnt her name. For Irene Baindor was a woman with a mysterious past.

Dr Rodney Prince has never seen a girl look more out of place in the grime of the Fifteen Streets than Kate Hannigan. And as their paths continue to cross, Rodney cannot fail to be drawn towards her. But as an unlikely romance blossoms, the union fuels vicious gossip amongst the denizens of the Fifteen Streets.

his only comfort during the dark years of the Depression when he is faced with both unemployment and a nagging, ambitious wife. His only hope is that Mary will one day find a way to escape the grinding poverty of the Tyneside slums.

John Emmerson was a lonely man. And she was quick to sense the needs of a desolate, unhappy man. But Cissie was also a young widow: poor, and with a young son to support. And John Emmerson was one of the town's leading solicitors - a man of importance whose every move was watched by the local dignitaries .

Volume 2 opens with a seventeen-year-old Mary Ann struggling with the painful business of growing up as her first love, Corny Boyle, leaves for America. It follows her through her eventual marriage to Corny, and the joys and trials of being a wife, and a mother to six-year-old twins, Rose Mary and David.

And once the rug of his comfortable old habits had been yanked from under him, Rooney found that life was much more complicated than he had imagined!THE NICE BLOKEHarry Blenheim had always been known as 'the nice bloke' an inoffensive man whose existence many thought was as dull as ditchwater.

An autobiography which presents a story that revolves around the author's mother. It offers an account of living with hardship and poverty as seen through the eyes of a sensitive child and woman.

She could still scarcely believe her eyes, even if it was a long-overdue honour - after all her husband Rod had done for the town. There were a lot of Gallachers around Fellburn, and all were equally incredulous.

Fanny McBride was a cheerful and indomitable Tyneside widow with a large, cheerful family. Being a woman of resource, Fanny took on a job at the local 'Ladies', which was to prove a surprisingly stimulating experience. Then there was her long-standing feud with Mrs Flannagan, the problem of the favourite child's unsuitable marriage, and others.

At the end of the Second World War, Matthew Wallingham returns to his family home, blinded by his injuries and uncertain about his future.

This novel tells the story of a young girl, Lizzie, who was rescued from the streets and given the chance of a new life. Lizzie blossomed into a woman with ideals and expectations, and began to realize that she no longer needed the support of the man she had once regarded as her saviour.