A Grand Man The Mary Ann Stories Book 1 edition by Catherine Cookson Literature Fiction eBooks
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“Me da’s a grand man!” Mary Ann Shaughnessy has spoken; question her who dare. For although Mary Ann may look quite an ordinary small girl from a dockland tenement, always hot in defense of a ne’er-do-well father, she is in fact a one-man army, armoured with faith and possessed of formidable qualities.
Set on Tyneside, the part of the world which Catherine Cookson knew and understood so well, this heartwarming and humorously observed book skillfully weds an authentic and unsentimentalized background to the kind of fairytale story that we all like to believe could come true and which the Mary Ann Shaughnessys of this world know to be true.
The moral of A Grand Man is simply that faith can move mountains, but the delight of the book lies in the telling and in the character of its heroine as she battles, connives, and bargains to get a better way of life for those she loves and especially for the “grand man” himself.
A Grand Man is the first of the Mary Ann stories and was made into a film, Jacqueline, in 1954.
A Grand Man The Mary Ann Stories Book 1 edition by Catherine Cookson Literature Fiction eBooks
4.5 Stars. A Grand Man is another wonderful book by Catherine Cookson. You will fall in love with the mischievous, determined, loving Mary Ann. There is a special love between Mary Ann and her adoring, but drunken father,Mike. She will never admit he is soused, but instead insists he is "sick." The trials that the family go through as Mike throws them again and again into poverty due to his drunkenness and explosive temper are challenging. However, there is no challenge Mary Ann cannot face as long as she can talk to The Holy Family and her understanding priest to vent and ask them for favours. The characters are absolutely Cookson at her very best. I loved this book and re-read it after 30 years and was not disappointed in the least. I am going to read all of the Mary Ann stories again and look forward to hours of the best entertainment.Product details
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A Grand Man The Mary Ann Stories Book 1 edition by Catherine Cookson Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
This is the first in a series of eight novels about a fiesty British girl named Mary Ann. In this first one, we are introduced to some of the main characters that I presume we will be seeing more of in the next seven. Mary Ann is eight years old in this one and she lives with her ma and da and brother, Michael. Across the street is a girl named Sarah Flannigan, Mary Ann's most hated enemy. Mary Ann's best friend would have to be Father Owen, a priest that she likes to confide in. And Mary Ann has a lot to tell Father Owen. Her father is an alcoholic and her mother is thinking of leaving him. But Mary Ann truly believes her da is a grand man and in between fighting with Sarah and sticking her tongue out the window, we see how devoted Mary Ann is to her father and very much in denial about his problem. Towards the end, however, Mary Ann sees the truth and she makes one last attempt to keep her parents together. Can this eight year old girl attain her father a job and a cottage and keep her parents together while she does so??
This is not up to Cookson's usual flair. It has a childish feel to it. I do not think the young adult crowd would quite understand the humor injected into tho. Thus, three stars.
I loved this book, Mary Ann and her worse enemy Sarah Flannigan kept me laughing out loud. Catherine Cookson fans will not be disappionted
I look forward to more Mary Ann stories.
I loved this book about a little girl's love and faith in her daddy. She loved him in his faults and helped him rise above them. The book was written with feelings of family connection and help for one another. The book was recommended to me by a 96-year-old friend. She and I both read a great variety of types of books. I would recommend this book to my lady friends who love books with heart and sweet family relations.
I learned about Catherine Cooke from a movie called A Grand Man that was adapted from the book she authored. Upon research a great series of stories was revealed in the Mary Ann stories. Cooke is a fine writer who has a number of publications I've purchased and look forward to reading.
This is the first in the Mary Ann series of 8 books, and once I discovered this one, i got a list in order of the series and have just finished the last one. I came across this in early November 2013, and it is an incredible, wonderfully written series to follow.
A wonderful story by a fascinating author. It was the first of a series about growing up poor in northern England. There's an audio cassette series of this book that uses a delightful reader, but I'm not able to find it anywhere.
4.5 Stars. A Grand Man is another wonderful book by Catherine Cookson. You will fall in love with the mischievous, determined, loving Mary Ann. There is a special love between Mary Ann and her adoring, but drunken father,Mike. She will never admit he is soused, but instead insists he is "sick." The trials that the family go through as Mike throws them again and again into poverty due to his drunkenness and explosive temper are challenging. However, there is no challenge Mary Ann cannot face as long as she can talk to The Holy Family and her understanding priest to vent and ask them for favours. The characters are absolutely Cookson at her very best. I loved this book and re-read it after 30 years and was not disappointed in the least. I am going to read all of the Mary Ann stories again and look forward to hours of the best entertainment.
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