Cookson and Cox

I do agree with anu’s comment on Book Juggling that we choose books to satisfy our wildest dreams. I have always fancied books written by Catherine Cookson and Josephine Cox. There is something so original in them. The senses of continuity in their books have fascinated me. Their books teach the readers to fight back against any injustice. I am reading Catherine Cookson’s hundredth book, Kate Hannigan’s Girl, a sequel to her first novel, Kate Hannigan. This book was posthumously published. This book is set in Northumberland in the fifteen streets as in the first book. Often, we get an impression of having met these characters time and again. Cox’s novels overflows with Blackburn, the place she was born. In fact Cox is hailed as a storyteller in the tradition of Catherine Cookson. I feel that I have visited Blackburn after having read so many of her books. She says, “I love writing, both recreating scenes and characters from my past, together with new storylines which mingle naturally with the old.”

Probably my deep desire of stability urges me to read their books.

A joy to read if you come across their books!