The Invisible Cord

Name: The Invisible Cord
Rating: 4.3 (794 reviews)

by Catherine Cookson

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4.3(794)

Annie Cooper marries George McCabe during the Second World War because she is carrying his child, not because they are in love. Determined to make the marriage succeed, she directs the good-natured George towards steady work and builds a prospering Tyneside family around their four children.

Her first son Rance remains the centre of Annie’s emotional life despite behaviour that becomes increasingly difficult to excuse. Across nearly thirty years, the bond she treats as unconditional maternal love tightens into an invisible cord that damages both mother and son and threatens everyone drawn into their dependence.