Thomas, Robert McG Jr. (12 June 1998). "Catherine Cookson, 91, Prolific British Author". The New York Times . Retrieved 15 January 2018. Farmer Ray, not missing a chance to get young Emily alone, offers to send Lucy to a hospital where she can recover, and where pervy dairy-pushers can’t find her. Sold! British novelist Catherine Cookson dies at 91". The Washington Post. 12 June 1998 . Retrieved 5 April 2023. Production note: Apparently under the assumption that since the heroine has a concussion, the audience also has one, every letter-reading comes with a bonus character-it’s-from superimposed, like so: Please note that Catherine Cookson has basically two romantic set-ups: When You Were Nine and Decent Guy. The first one is self-explanatory. The second one, evidenced here, is where the heroine meets a series of dudes and ends up marrying the one who is still alive, not already married, and/or least loathsome. It’s awesome.)

One of Ray's first roles was in the Catherine Cookson drama The Dwelling Place. He also appeared in a later Catherine Cookson adaptation, The Tide of Life, which starred Gillian Kearney. Despite not seeming to like him much, she agrees, probably because it’s hard to turn down this hot slice of beefcake. Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust". Archived from the original on 18 August 2007 . Retrieved 15 January 2018. What Katie did ...". Newcastle Journal. 30 September 1983. p.1 . Retrieved 30 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.One of my earliest adult Catherine Cookson novels that I read as part of my reading recommended list for O level history to study the social conditions of the ordinary person and economic history of England in the 18th/19th century. I then continued to read and enjoy the remainder of her novels up to and including her last novel. Previous to this I had been introduced via my school library book club at age 13 to her earlier novels under the pseudonym of Catherine Marchant and of course her childrens novels. At this point, the urban-squalor drama gives way to what, in Cooksonland, must pass for Gothic mystery, as we meet the farm-dwellers who will make Emily’s life a nightmare for the next ninety minutes. ROLL CALL! The problem with The Tide of Life is that while she seems perfectly sweet and capable of making normal-person decisions, she agrees to go steady with any dude who enters the frame, so you end up wondering if she has a concussion. Also a problem: the title sounds like a tampon ad. (Not Cookson’s fault; just saying.) So, Ray has to move out to the random cottage on the edge of the property. And you know what Emily’s going to do? Well, she’s going to move in with him!

I thoroughly enjoyed that! I'll admit that I'd tried reading Catherine Cookson many years ago but had found it pretty tough going. I can't fathom that now because it was the easiest of reads, and completely absorbing. Between the two efforts, I managed to watch all the Catherine Cookson films many, many times and am sure that it prepped me for her novels. Here’s the thing about this miniseries; Gillian Kearney is a really good actress. She worked her ass off in The Forsyte Saga, and I really love the sort-of-documentary biopic she did on BBC, and — she’s not the poor soul who played Cissie Brodie, is what I’m saying. She has genuine charisma, and you root for her. He promises her a grand life in their house overlooking the…someplace (maybe the sea, but what the hell do I know). He promises to shower her with presents and treat her like a queen!

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Aye,” she snaps, as he gapes at her, “an’ that’s what you are — NOWT.” Get it, girl! What’s loooove got to do, got to do with it! 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] 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.