Go Tell It to Mrs. Golightly
by Catherine Cookson
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A blind girl who is sent to stay with her grandfather stumbles upon a kidnapping in their small town.Tags
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Catherine Cookson for the younger reader.
Written in 1977, this has the genuine feel of going back in time and, as one would expect for this era, it comes complete with morals. It represents a time when even a blind child was free to wander the countryside and the wardship of an orphaned child could be decided without resorting to the courts.
Bella has lost her parents and her only surviving relative was a grumpy old grandfather, set in his ways and very reluctant to take on a 9 year old child, let alone a sightless one. He finds himself caring for her during school holidays and the relationship is prickly. Bella is hugely forgiving though, and the reader cannot help but fall for her.
Fourteen year-old John, the son of a neighbour, is show more prevailed upon to be her friend and a bond develops between the two, in spite of the age difference.
When Bella comes across a man who has been bound and gagged, she and John find themselves having an unexpected adventure.
I gave this 3 1/2 stars as I did enjoy reading it, though I do wonder how it would be received by today's children. show less
Written in 1977, this has the genuine feel of going back in time and, as one would expect for this era, it comes complete with morals. It represents a time when even a blind child was free to wander the countryside and the wardship of an orphaned child could be decided without resorting to the courts.
Bella has lost her parents and her only surviving relative was a grumpy old grandfather, set in his ways and very reluctant to take on a 9 year old child, let alone a sightless one. He finds himself caring for her during school holidays and the relationship is prickly. Bella is hugely forgiving though, and the reader cannot help but fall for her.
Fourteen year-old John, the son of a neighbour, is show more prevailed upon to be her friend and a bond develops between the two, in spite of the age difference.
When Bella comes across a man who has been bound and gagged, she and John find themselves having an unexpected adventure.
I gave this 3 1/2 stars as I did enjoy reading it, though I do wonder how it would be received by today's children. show less
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Catherine Cookson, 1906 - 1998 British writer Catherine Cookson was born in Tyne Dock, Co. Durham. She was born illegitimate and into poverty with a mother who was, at times, an alcoholic and violent. From the age of thirteen, Catherine suffered from hereditary hemorrhage telangiectasia. She also believed, for many years, that she was abandoned as show more a baby and that her mother was actually her older sister. Catherine wrote her first short story, "The Wild Irish Girl," at the age of eleven and sent it to the South Shields Gazette, which sent it back in three days. She left school at the age of thirteen to work as a maid for the rich and powerful. It was then that she saw the great class barrier inside their society. From working in a laundry, she saved enough money to open an apartment hotel in Hastings. Schoolmaster, Tom Cookson, was one of her tenants and became her husband in 1940. She suffered several miscarriages and became depressed so she began writing to help her recovery. Catherine has written over ninety novels and, under the pseudonym of Catherine Marchant, she wrote three different series of books, which included the Bill Bailey, the Mary Ann, and the Mallen series. Her first book, "Kate Hannigan" (1950), tells the partly autobiographical story of a working-class girl becoming pregnant by an upper-middle class man. The baby is raised by Kate's parents and the child believes them to be her real parents and that Kate is her sister. Many of her novels are set in 19th century England and tell of poverty in such settings as mines, shipyards and farms. Her characters usually cross the class barrier by means of education. Catherine received the Freedom of the Borough of South Shields and the Royal Society of Literature's award for the Best Regional Novel of the year. The Variety Club of Great Britain named her Writer of the Year and she was voted Personality of the North-East. She received an honorary degree from the University of Newcastle and was made Dame in 1933. Just shortly before her ninety-second birthday, on June 11, 1998, Catherine died in her home near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. "Kate Hannigan's Girl" (1999), was published posthumously and continues the story of her first novel. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 823.914 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1945-1999
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