Bill and the \ By Catherine Cookson
Billy and the chicks
Setting off on holiday aboard a borrowed cabin cruiser The Mary Ann Shaughnessy the brothers Jonathan and Malcolm Crawford and their friend Joe argue in vain against taking the family s battle scarred and troublesome bull terrier with them Bill due in court soon over an unfortunate misunderstanding with the postman is sure to cause them problems. Billy and the boingers But the boys are very glad to have Bill on board when they sail right into an adventure one in which their very lives are to depend on the plucky dog s courage and spirit Bill and the ![Bill and the \](https://kinkykarma.co.uk/Bill-and-the-%5C.jpg "Bill and the \")
Yet another brilliant story by Catherine Cookson Storytelling at it s best English
Catherine Cookson was born in Tyne Dock the illegitimate daughter of a poverty stricken woman Kate who Catherine believed was her older sister Catherine began work in service but eventually moved south to Hastings where she met and married Tom Cookson a local grammar school master Although she was originally acclaimed as a regional writer her novel The Round Tower won the Winifred Holtby Award for the best regional novel of 1968 her readership quickly spread throughout the world and her many best selling novels established her as one of the most popular contemporary woman novelist She received an OBE in 1985 was created a Dame of the British Empire in 1993 and was appointed an Honorary Fellow of St Hildas College Oxford in Catherine Cookson was born in Tyne Dock the illegitimate daughter of a poverty stricken woman Kate who Catherine believed was her older sister Catherine began work in service but eventually moved south to Hastings where she met and married Tom Cookson a local grammar school master Although she was originally acclaimed as a regional writer her novel The Round Tower won the Winifred Holtby Award for the best regional novel of 1968 her readership quickly spread throughout the world and her many best selling novels established her as one of the most popular contemporary woman novelist She received an OBE in 1985 was created a Dame of the British Empire in 1993 and was appointed an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda s College Oxford in 1997 For many years she lived near Newcastle upon Tyne site_link.
Catherine Cookson