Rooney AUTHOR Catherine Cookson By Catherine Cookson

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Rooney was 35 and the only one of the dustbin gang still unmarried having avoided four widows and two spinsters But it all went flying out of the window when he moved into Ma Howlett s place where the rug of his comfortable old habits were yanked from under him and life became complicated Rooney AUTHOR Catherine CooksonCatherine 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 I never realised just how many books by Catherine Cookson I had the pleasure of reading till I started to make a list Many hours of pleasure spent reading her stories over the years I can t remember ever being disappointed by any of the books I have read and this book was no exception English I really enjoyed this book not at all what I expected English Synopsis Rooney Smith an unmarried 35 year old dustman is a man too cute to be caught His job and his two treasured roomfuls of furniture seemed to be enough to keep him happy But when he moved to new lodgings with Ma Howlett life became complicated. Wayne rooney book A really enjoyable read of Rooney the dustman English enjoyed all of catherine cooksons book 1st author i picked up when got in to reading books when in hospital when i was younger you can 4 get every thing when reading good books English