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Bill Bailey

By: Catherine Cookson
Narrated by: Susan Jameson
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From the moment Bill Bailey arrived to take up residence at Fiona Nelson’s home in the Tyneside town of Fellburn, he made his presence felt in no uncertain terms. As a young widow left badly off, and with three children to bring up, Fiona had come to know all the problems of trying to make ends meet. So despite the inevitably disapproving comments of her own mother, reckoned locally to be an interfering woman, she advertised for a lodger to help pay for some of the bills.

The result was Bill, somewhat rough around the edges perhaps, but nobody’s fool and doing very nicely with his own business as a builder. Bill often described himself as a middle-of-the-road man, valuing his freedom where personal matters were concerned, but it was not long before Fiona found she was wondering just what her world had been before he came into it. He might be outwardly an ordinary enough bloke, but he appeared to possess some pretty extraordinary qualities, which proved to have a great and lasting effect on the future lives of Fiona and her young family.

Catherine Cookson’s novel is a richly entertaining tale of human relationships which are warm-hearted, full of humour and powerfully dramatic.

©1986 The Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd Romance Women's Fiction Fiction Heartfelt

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in true Catherine Cookson Style a pleasant read, predicted outcome ,but I always love a happy ending😊

Entertaining

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loved it, read it before, but so good to read again, I highly recommend 🙂

love this book

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Bill Bailey by Catherine Cookson. Narrated by Susan Jameson. Still as good as when I read it many, many years ago.

Heartwarming

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A lovely well written book about the Bailey family. A great story to relax and listen to.

Bill Baileys daughter

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was slow to get going. I lost interest several times .
2 days of listening
Bill Bailey a construction owner building new houses .
met Fiona as he was looking for lodgings ,a Widowed lady with three young children all who came to love Mr bill as their father as did Fiona fall in love with him . the eldest boy mark bullied terribly at private school by team captain who forced a lit firework down his trousers causing horrific burns to the skin.
read on to discover how Mr bill dealt with Bullies.

bill bailey

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I read this book many years ago but didn't enjoy it as much as having it read to me, I can't wait to listen to the next one in this trilogy

enjoyable

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Loved all this book characters are so wonderful going to recommend this book to all my friends xx

Humour

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This is my first Catherine Cookson book and I loved it, it's not going to be my last. I used to
watch it on telly and I loved them, I didn't see this one. the narrator was brilliant and I don't need.to tell you that Catherine Cookson is a great writer.
Thanks Susan and Catherine 👍

Great story!

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Great story. I enjoyed listening to it from start to finish. Some parts very moving, which lends to the characters.

Great story, well worth listening to.

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An easy listening tale, full of heart, humour, well drawn characters and a hearty dollop of excitement. All the ingredients of a Cookson classic and brilliantly read.

Great narration of a classic Cookson

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