Josephine Cox was born in a cotton-mill house in Blackburn, one of ten children. At the age of sixteen, Josephine met and married her husband Ken, and had two sons. When the boys started school, she decided to go to college and eventually gained a place at Cambridge University. She was unable to take this up as it would have meant living away from home, but she went into teaching - and started to write her first full-length novel. Her strong, gritty stories are taken from the tapestry of life.
The fact that Josephine Cox brings so much freshness to the plot, and the characters, is an indication of her skills as a storyteller - Birmingham Post Impossible to resist - Woman's RealmThe fact that Josephine Cox brings so much freshness to the plot, and the characters, is an indication of her skills as a storyteller. Her fans will love this coming-of-age novel. So will many of the devotees of Catherine Cookson, desperate for a replacement - Birmingham PostDriven and passionate, she stirs a pot brewed with incest, wife beating...and murder - The Sunday TimesHailed quite rightly as a gifted writer in the tradition of Catherine Cookson - Manchester Evening News
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