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Take this Woman
A moving and utterly compelling coming-of-age saga
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Ideal for readers who enjoy emotionally rich romance and historical fiction, especially those who appreciate strong, resilient heroines and the atmospheric settings of post-war Britain. Fans of Catherine Cookson and similar authors will find much to admire.
A dramatic, coming-of-age tale from No.1 bestselling writer Josephine Cox.
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Blackburn, 1947. In the tiny front parlour, fourteen-year-old Laura Blake watches her beloved father die. But not before he tells her she will make something of her life. Laura never forgets his words. Yet her path to success proves to be a rocky one.
Forced to trundle a cart around the back streets, selling other folk's cast-offs to support her family, Laura learns enough to start work in her uncle's furniture shop. But then fate deals another cruel blow when Laura is brutally raped. Bearing the child of her attacker in secret, she vows to make the world pay for its injustice towards her.
As she grows older, her protective shell hardens even as her beauty blossoms, and her new toughness helps her forge a successful career in the antiques business. But it is in affairs of the heart that Laura stumbles...
Take this Woman by Josephine Cox is a compelling tale of resilience and the complexities of life.
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"Impossible to resist" – Woman's Realm. Josephine Cox's storytelling brings fresh life to her characters and plot, appealing to fans of Catherine Cookson, as noted by the Birmingham Post. The Sunday Times describes it as "driven and passionate," while the Manchester Evening News praises Cox as a gifted writer in Cookson's tradition.
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ISBN: 9781472235695
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 December 2016
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Headline Book Publishing
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 36.0mm
Width: 131.0mm
Height: 199.0mm
Weight: 402g
Pages: 592
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About the Author
Josephine Cox was born in a cotton-mill house in Blackburn, one of ten children. At the age of sixteen, Josephine met and married her husband Ken, and had two sons. When the boys started school, she decided to go to college and eventually gained a place at Cambridge University. She was unable to take this up as it would have meant living away from home, but she went into teaching - and started to write her first full-length novel. Her strong, gritty stories are taken from the tapestry of life.
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