Thursday’s Child

Written by Helen Forrester

Narrated by Laura Brydon

Timeless romance from the best-selling author of Tuppence to Cross the Mersey. With over 3 million copies sold around the world, Helen Forrester’s hard-hitting and gripping fiction set in post-war Liverpool continues to move readers.

Peggy Delaney was a Lancashire girl born and bred, beginning to live again after the heartache of the war.

Ajit Singh was a charming young Indian man — a student shortly to return home to an arranged marriage.

When Peggy and Ajit fell in love, they knew the future would not be easy. As they begin their new life, far from their homes and their families, is love enough to bring two worlds together?

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Nov 10, 2022
• ISBN: 9780008545161

Helen Forrester

Helen Forrester was born in Hoylake, Cheshire in 1919 and was the eldest of seven children. She was the author of four phenomenally successful volumes of autobiography and many equally popular novels. Helen died in 2011 aged ninety-two and her writing continues to inspire readers around the world.

Reviews for Thursday’s Child

[readinggeek451 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A lesser work from Streatfeild, following foundling Margaret Thursday as she lands in a cruel orphanage and resolves to run away. Margaret is a bit too full of herself to be an appealing protagonist, although she has a kind heart and a strong sense of protectiveness.Now back in print as an ebook.

[murphy4jacobs · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

One of those books I read several times as a kid and then had to hunt down a copy of to reread as an adult. The story of a young orphan girl who knows she is destined for greater things than what she has, and her struggles to reach them, appealed to me as much at age 30 as at age 9.

[nobby1_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Margaret finds herself condemned to enter an orphanage, where she befriends a family of two small boys and a girl. Unable to stan the cruel regime of the orphanage, they run away. A really absorbing read - very exciting.

[reeread · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Thursday, a foundling so named because she was found on that day, has to enter an orphanage because the money which mysteriously appeared each year has ceased. There, she befriends a family of children, the oldest, a girl who is old enough to go into service, while the two younger brothers remain in the orphanage. A cast of interesting characters - the cruel matron, her malicious assistant, a kindly benefactor who knows nothing about how to handle children, a helpful stableboy.

[lizbedford27 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Heartwarming story about orphan who finds her way in the world at the turn of the century.