by Catherine Cookson · Corgi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780552148306
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«The Menagerie» is the novel by Catherine Cookson, published by Corgi in paperback (336 pages, in English).
The narrative follows the Broadhurst family, mining and seemingly united, sustained by Jinny with pride and strength in the face of fears and grudges. Jack, Jinny's youngest son, lives an unhappy marriage; Lottie, Jinny's sister, is fragile; and Larry, another of Jinny's sons, cannot forget the woman who left him, now married, and does not want to be humiliated again.
The novel originally appeared in 1958; this Corgi edition is from 1999 and belongs to the family saga genre.
Recommended for readers of family sagas, romantic and historical novels, and for followers of Catherine Cookson's storytelling.
Dame Catherine Ann Cookson was a British writer. She is in the top 20 of the most widely read British novelists, with sales topping 100 million, while she retained a relatively low profile in the world of celebrity writers. Her books were inspired by her deprived youth in South Shields, North East England, the setting for her novels. With 104 titles written in her own name or two other pen names, she is one of the most prolific British novelists.
