Catherine Cookson Livres

Etrange fille que cette Kirsten au double profil, l'un pur et séduisant comme celui d'une madone, l'autre maudit, défiguré par ce "mauvail oeil" qui fait craindre à tout le village que la "loucheuse" ne lui porte malheur... Quel sort pèse donc sur elle pour qu'elle soit toujours écartelée entre deux sentiments? Entre l'amour et le dégoût pour son enfant, fruit d'un viol. Entre deux hommes aussi. Konrad, le "taureau suédois", maître du Prieuré où elle est employée comme nourrice (étrange nourrice), et le doux et beau Colum, cordier à la demeure et ennemi juré de Konrad. Un jour viendra où l'amour triomphera de la malédiction - où Kirsten n'aura plus peur. Mais à l'amour il faudra payer le plus tendre, le plus déchirant des tributs...

Volume 2 opens with a seventeen-year-old Mary Ann struggling with the painful business of growing up as her first love, Corny Boyle, leaves for America. It follows her through her eventual marriage to Corny, and the joys and trials of being a wife, and a mother to six-year-old twins, Rose Mary and David.

Set in a richly detailed world, the story follows the Gillyvors, a unique group whose lives intertwine with themes of adventure and discovery. The narrative explores their challenges and triumphs, delving into their relationships and the impact of their choices. As they navigate through their environment, readers are treated to a vivid portrayal of their culture and the trials they face, making for an engaging and immersive experience.

John Emmerson was a lonely man. He had a wife, a son, friends, but he was isolated from all the people and events about him by the tragedy of his past. Then, he met Cissie, and for the first time his loneliness eased a little. Cissie was everything his wife Ann was not. And, she was quick to sense the needs of a desolate, unhappy man.

Fanny McBride was a large, cheerful, indomitable Tyneside widow with a large, cheerful family. Then there was her long-standing feud with Mrs Flannagan, the problem of the favourite child's unsuitable marriage, and the puzzle of Fanny's one unmarried son, who was far from being a typical McBride .

Dr Rodney Prince has never seen a girl look more out of place in the grime of the Fifteen Streets than Kate Hannigan. For it is a love that opposes all the concepts of Edwardian society . . .Kate Hannigan is the partly autobiographical, enthralling story of a controversial love affair, from one of the most talented storytellers of the 20th century.