The Latchkey Kid, Helen Forrester
The Latchkey Kid, Helen Forrester
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The Latchkey Kid

Author: Helen Forrester

Narrator: Laurel Lefkow

Unabridged: 8 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 11/10/2022


Synopsis

Timeless family drama from the best-selling author of Tuppence to Cross the Mersey. With over 3 million copies sold around the world, Helen Forrester’s gripping fiction continues to move readers. Olga Stych has focused all of her efforts on climbing to the top of the social pyramid, letting her son Hank fall by the wayside as she rose. As she works to retain her position, her strained relationship with Hank will prove a threat. When he writes a sensational book that causes a stir in his mother’s circles, it’s only a matter of time before Olga’s secrets are revealed. Is status all that matters to Olga? Or will she finally realise what it has cost her?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rosemary on November 08, 2021

I wasn't sure about this book but something made me want to find out what would happen. At first I wondered if it was going anywhere at all. I rather thought the young widow would pack her bags and return to the UK and we'd follow her attempt to make a life for herself there but it became obvious th......more

Goodreads review by Grace on June 23, 2014

3.5 stars I have read some of this authors books and thought that I knew what to expect. This book was entirely different from what I expected but it was good different. To be honest to begin with I wasn't sure that I would finish the book but it's what I call a slow burner. Most of the characters I f......more

Goodreads review by Barbra on November 24, 2008

Mrs Olga Stych, daughter of an immigrant Ukranian pig farmer, has finally made it to the top of the social pyramid of Tollemarche, a small town in Canada's Bible Belt. But to get there, she has not only had to see off her most determined rival, she has also had to neglect her son Hank. With enemies......more

Goodreads review by Clare on October 05, 2014

A socially adept and enjoyable book. The Latchkey Kid is set in Canada, in the small town atmosphere of the 1950s. So of course it couldn't happen now, that women prefer to push their men out of town on work, socialise with bitter intent to top every committee, and neglect their children. One such ne......more


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