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Laddar... A Grand Man (1954)av Catherine Cookson
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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. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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This book could be called a British "Tree grows in Brooklyn", because it tells kind of the same story: an alcoholic father, a mother who works hard to keep the family together, a girl who loves her father and always sees the good in him when others have trouble with that, and of course, minor characters thrown in to keep things lively. The difference is, Catherine Cookson is less depressing than Betty Smith, Mary Ann is a lot more cheerful than the somber Francie, and there's enough laughter to make up for the sad parts. Also, Mike and Liz, despite all their troubles, really love each other, lack of money, his drinking, interference from others, and even going their separate ways for a time, never changes that. You know they belong together, which was not the case with Katie and Johnny, who never should have gotten together from the start. Also, while it's clear her "da" has a special place in her heart, that doesn't take away from Mary Ann's love for her "ma", and Liz loves both her daughter and son equally, whereas Francie knew she was second best and could never get close to Katie.
But enough comparisons. Just read the book, and then the next in the series, another winner. ( )