Cookson, Dame Catherine (Ann), (20 June 1906–11 June 1998), author, since 1950". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi: 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u177701. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1 . Retrieved 11 June 2020. I cannot understand why the most of the readers like Matthew's character. He appeared to me egoistic and possessive. By the end of the book I already disliked him completely. He treated both Rose and Cissie terribly. I think Cissie did not really love him, but it was her teenage first romantic touch, and the situation they were in. I think she was depending on him and saw him as their saviour and only friend. My impression is that she was not quite happy during her marriage. Otherwise she would not feel "released" after Matthew's death and would mourn and remember him with love. I did not notice any of them. What is more, I do not recall having read that she loved Matthew since Clive's first return in her live. Even though he’s wearing the bad-guy moustache, he’s apparently contrite about what he’s done. We know this because when he sees Cissie again, he follows her into the secluded glen where she keeps an eye on her kid and Daddy Fischel, and when she sees Clive and tries to run away he lies down on top of her so he can explain how contrite he is! What a sweetie. Cissie ends up having the baby (at the very same time as Matthew’s wedding reception – SYMBOLISM), and it survives. And man, is Daddy Fischel surprised when she doesn’t want to sell her kid! You get thirty minutes of this: I’d say all this change of custody is really scarring, but I think this kid will have plenty of problems just from his wardrobe.

British novelist Catherine Cookson dies at 91". The Washington Post. 12 June 1998 . Retrieved 5 April 2023.When Cissie Brodie loses both of her parents to cholera she is left with nine younger siblings to look after and no income. She is aware that the workhouse is usually the inevitable outcome for people in such dire circumstances - an outcome she is determined to avoid, knowing it will break up her family. In desperation she accommodates them in a cave on the fells – the ‘dwelling place’ – and with the help of Matthew, a wheelwright, she succeeds in building a makeshift home in this rough environment. She resolutely defies all the dogmatic influencers who insist the workhouse is her only option. I’d like to say this is an unusual screencap, but it’s not. We just sort of have to take the movie’s word for it that she’s smart and pretty, since she spends most of the movie staring blankly into space and marrying rapists. Tilly Trotter (1999) with Carli Norris, Beth Goddard, Sarah Alexander, Amelia Bullmore, Rosemary Leach and Simon Shepherd You will not read a more exciting and absorbing work of historical fiction than this gem from Catherine Cookson. Set in County Durham in the mid 19th century, it dramatically confirms how bad it was to be poor during a period of massive industrial development and social upheaval.

Cookson [née Davies], Dame Catherine Ann (1906–1998), writer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/70039 . Retrieved 11 June 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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a b c d e "16 facts about Dame Catherine Cookson on her 110th birthday". Shields Gazette. 27 June 2016. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Clive’s return home adds more complications. He is the child’s father, but Lord Fischel and his vicious daughter lay claim to the little boy. More intrigue and violent confrontations follow, and as in any great novel, there are plenty of unexpected twists to the rest of the story, including romantic ones. So, The Dwelling Place is about the fiercely beautiful and clever Cissie Brodie, who marries her rapist. Many of Cookson's novels have been adapted for film, radio, and the stage. The first film adaptation of her work was Jacqueline (1956), directed by Roy Ward Baker, based on her book A Grand Man. [14] a b "Catherine Cookson". www.visitsouthtyneside.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018 . Retrieved 15 January 2018.