Wednesday's Child: A moving saga of family and the search for love

by Margaret Thornton (Author)

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  Paperback
  2005

  $4.24

  Wednesday's child is full of woe...When Rachel Watkins gives birth to her daughter on Ash Wednesday in 1953, she prays the old saying won't be proved true. She's shed enough tears over her troubled marriage to Derek, and she hopes that Lorna will be the sunshine to light up their unhappy home. But Derek's overnight 'business trips' continue - until one day he announces he's never coming back, and Rachel and Lorna must get by without him. As the 1960s beckon, Rachel marries again, but Lorna resents her new dad and half-brother, and soon the rebellious teenager is anxious to spread her wings and leave the nest. But Rachel is worried about her daughter. Lorna's looking for love, but in all the wrong places, and there's a danger she'll miss the happiness waiting for her, closer to home...

• Used

  Hardcover
  2004

  $3.29

  Yorkshire, 1953. From the moment she hears her baby cry, Rachel Watkins senses that this little girl won't be easy. And she's right - Lorna Watkins is trouble with a capital T. As the 1960s draw to a close, Rachel is at her wits' end with her rebellious teenage daughter. Out partying to all hours of the night, Lorna's pretty face, vivacious personality and fashionable miniskirts attract all manner of attention, and Rachel desperately hopes that Lorna won't fall into an unsuitable relationship. When Lorna announces she's pregnant and planning to marry a farmer, Rachel knows her artistic and city-loving daughter won't cope with life on the land. And she's right - soon Lorna's marriage is over and she comes to York with her two young daughters. Lorna is ready for love again and she's swept off her feet by Benedict Frazer, a handsome antiques dealer. But Benedict hides a dark secret, and it is up to the man who has always loved Lorna from afar to protect her and show her where true happiness lies - before it's too late...