A Grand Man

Name: A Grand Man
Rating: 4.3 (559 reviews)

by Catherine Cookson Book 1 in the Mary Ann Series series.

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Mary Ann Shaughnessy lives with her family in a Tyneside dockland tenement and possesses an unshakeable faith in her father, whom she insists is a 'grand man' despite his failings. Fiercely loyal and unusually determined, she throws herself into defending him and improving the circumstances of the people she loves.

Mary Ann's schemes, arguments and acts of persistence drive a domestic story rooted in working-class Tyneside. Her devotion to her father is tested by poverty, family strain and his own weaknesses, while her conviction that life can be made better gives the novel its mixture of humour, hardship and hope.