Reviews
"Catherine Cookson's novels are about hardship, the intractability of life and of individuals, the struggle first to survive and next to make sense of one's survival. Humor, toughness, resolution, and generosity are Cookson virtues. . . . In the specialized world of women's popular fiction, Cookson has created her own territory."-- Helen Dunmore, The Times (London), "Catherine Cookson's novels are about hardship, the intractability of life and of individuals, the struggle first to survive and next to make sense of one's survival. Humor, toughness, resolution, and generosity are Cookson virtues. . . . In the specialized world of women's popular fiction, Cookson has created her own territory."-- Helen Dunmore, "The Times" (London), "Whenever the desire for entertaining fiction must be quenched, a Catherine Cookson novel . . . should prove an excellent resource."-- The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Whenever the desire for entertaining fiction must be quenched, a Catherine Cookson novel . . . should prove an excellent resource." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Catherine Cookson's novels are about hardship, the intractability of life and of individuals, the struggle first to survive and next to make sense of one's survival. Humor, toughness, resolution, and generosity are Cookson virtues. . . . In the specialized world of women's popular fiction, Cookson has created her own territory."-- Helen Dunmore,The Times(London), "Catherine Cookson's novels are about hardship, the intractability of life and of individuals, the struggle first to survive and next to make sense of one's survival. Humor, toughness, resolution, and generosity are Cookson virtues. . . . In the specialized world of women's popular fiction, Cookson has created her own territory." -- Helen Dunmore, The Times (London), "Whenever the desire for entertaining fiction must be quenched, a Catherine Cookson novel . . . should prove an excellent resource."--The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Whenever the desire for entertaining fiction must be quenched, a Catherine Cookson novel . . . should prove an excellent resource."-- "The Philadelphia Inquirer"
