CC
died at ninety-one, after several years almost at death's door; her husband
followed her within three weeks.
Jones, Kathleen. Catherine Cookson: The Biography. Constable, 1999.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Catherine Cookson
Catherine McMullen
, after long vacillation, married Thomas Henry Cookson
, a Protestant grammar-school master. She decided to marry him in defiance of her priest, who forbade her to do it, and her friend, Nan Smyth
Friends, Associates
Catherine Cookson
Nan Smyth
, nearing death from lung cancer, came back into CC
's life in 1969. She died soon afterwards, but left with Tom Cookson
, evidently in an attempt to cause maximum damage, a...
Residence
Catherine Cookson
CC
, her husband
, and her mother
moved from the Hurst (which was prohibitively expensive to keep up) to Loreto, a more modern house not far away, in a secluded woodland setting.
Jones, Kathleen. Catherine Cookson: The Biography. Constable, 1999.