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The branded man

The branded man

by Catherine Cookson

FictionPianistsDisfigured personsFamiliesFiction, romance, general
5.0
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Open Library

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FictionPianistsDisfigured personsFamiliesFiction, romance, generalEngland, fiction

Setting

Northumberland (England)London (England)

About the author

Catherine Cookson
Catherine Cookson

27 June 1906 – 11 June 1998

Catherine Ann McMullen was born on 27 June 1906 in Tyne Dock, England, UK. She grew up as daugther of Rose and John McMullen, but was the illegitimate daughter of Kate Fawcett, whom she believed to be her older sister, and Alexander Davies, a bigamist. She left school at 13 and, and she began work in service but eventually moved south to Hastings, where she met and Tom Cookson, a local grammar-school master, whom she married on June 1940. She suffered some miscarriages and couldn't have children. She took up writing as a form of therapy to tackle her depression, and joined Hastings Writers' Group. Her first novel was published in 1950. She wrote almost 100 books, which sold more than 123…

Author

Catherine Cookson

Pages

477

Read time

≈ 12h

Editions

9

Language

English

Publisher

Corgi

ISBN

9780552156738

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TR
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