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"Catherine Cookson, prolific novelist who died in 1998 at the age of 92 wrote this autobiography in 1968. The "Our Kate" of the title is her mother. Cookson found out when she was 6 that her mother wasn't her sister as she been brought up to believe, and that she was illegitimate. She describes the hardships of her childhood growing up in extreme poverty in the industrial northeast of England. The harsh judgement of her family and community for having a child out of wedlock leads Cookson's mother to find solace in alcohol. Cookson describes the fear and loathing she felt about her mother's addiction. Intelligent and sensitive, Cookson works hard as a maid and in a laundry to make a decent life for herself. At the same time she strives for an education through reading. She describes her emotional breakdown in her forties, and how that led her to writing. This along with the support of her husband, helped her find peace with her past and her mother. "
Susan Coffey, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Family, love
Yes
Special relationship with
- mother
Period of greatest activity?
- 1900+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- long lived adults
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this person?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other people
Physique
- physically sick
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 7 (a good amount)
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
Century:
- 1900-1920's
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel?
- encouraged
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- decency
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
Is this a biography of several people?
Yes
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- None
How much dialogue in bio?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
A LOT of info about personal vices?
Yes
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 0-25% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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