The Girl from Leam Lane

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The Girl from Leam Lane

The Life and Writing of Catherine Cookson

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Piers Dudgeon

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Catherine Cookson was born 100 years ago in a run-down area on the south bank of the Tyne. Forty-four years later her debut novel, Kate Hannigan, established her as a bestselling storyteller of rare talent. But what readers didn't realise was that Kate Hannigan also represented the first step of the author's triumph over a nervous breakdown and a period of confinement in a mental asylum. Still in the throes of her illness, she was transforming her fears out of necessity through her art. Piers Dudgeon was granted exclusive interviews over a 15-year period until Catherine's death in 1998. 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 her legacy to the nation. This revised biography is a revealing tribute to an enduringly popular writer in her centenary year, and will fascinate her many loyal fans.

Author Biography:

Piers Dudgeonworked for ten years as a publisher in London before starting his own company and publishing a number of bestsellers with authors as diverse as Daphne du Maurier, John Fowles, Edward de Bono,Peter Ackroydand Susan Hill. In the 1980s he worked with Catherine Cookson on her memoir, Catherine Cookson Country. "Since 1989 he has worked as a journalist and written15 works of non-fiction.

Release date Australia

February 22nd, 2007

Author

Piers Dudgeon

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Illustrations

4x8pp b/w photos

Imprint

Headline Book Publishing

Pages

320

Publisher

Headline Publishing Group

Dimensions

131x197x23

ISBN-13

9780755314980

Product ID

1686982

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