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TOMMY'S WORLD: TOMMY'S WORLD
Non-Fiction (Novel) 339 pages
Headline Book Publishing Ltd - November 2009
The bestselling author of the nostalgic classics OUR KID, HIGH HOPES and KATE'S STORY has based his engaging new novel on the fascinating and inspiring life of his father Tommy, born in a Manchester slum in 1886, who takes centre stage in this warm-hearted and nostalgic novel set at the turn of the nineteenth-to-twentieth century. From his tough start in the Collyhurst slums, and despite bereavement and disappointment, Tommy takes advantage of the few breaks that come his way, finding and keeping work in difficult times, and always holding on to his sense of humour – and his many friends. Then he meets a young woman called Kate, and the future looks bright
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WHATEVER NEXT!
Fiction (Novel)
Headline Book Publishing Ltd - October 2007
The sixth fictionalised memoir from this author, WHATEVER NEXT! is a lively novel about the challenges of retirement and the highs and lows of starting a writing career.
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KATE'S STORY
Fiction (Novel) 342 pages
Headline Book Publishing Ltd - August 2, 2001
Over 163,000 copies sold
No. 2 in Paperback Fast climbers
No. 12 in Sunday Times
Catherine Cookson terrain: the lively story of a young woman’s struggle against the odds. Based on the author’s mother’s life, the story begins with Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee when Kate turns 11, and traces her valiant efforts to support her family after her father’s death and her mother’s decline into alcoholism. From the Victorian workhouse, to life in service of the rich, and eventually to finding love and a family of her own, Kate is a resourceful, engaging heroine. -
OUR KID
Fiction (Novel) 343 pages
Headline Book Publishing Ltd - October 8, 1998
Sunday Times Top Ten
An exuberant down-to-earth ANGELA’S ASHES with humour, this is the charming story of a Lancashire boyhood in war-time Britain. Full of laughter and nostalgia, it is a very personal account of a boy who made good, and a vivid piece of social history.
Several weeks in the paperback bestseller lists.
Biography
Best-selling author of 7 novels (all published by Headline), based on his own life story - and in KATE'S STORY, based on his mother's life in the work-house and in service and TOMMY'S WORLD, based on his father's struggles in Manchester's slums. A former school teacher and teacher-trainer in England and Africa, he has six grown-up children and lives with his wife in Southport. More than 700,000 copies of his books have been sold in the UK and his first novel, OUR KID, has been translated into Spanish.
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