Thursday's Child

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With forty-four New York Times bestselling novels to her credit, Sandra Brown is one of romance’s best-loved authors. She has been hailed by Rendezvous magazine as an author whose “larger than life heroes and heroines make you believe all the warm, wonderful, wild things in life.”

Sexy, funny, and wonderfully romantic, here is the unforgettably sensuous story of a woman too smart to fall in love — and the man determined to prove her wrong.

Thursday’s Child

Allison Leamon knew that pretending to be her identical twin sister was a bad idea. For although the two redheads looked exactly alike, they couldn’t be more different. How could a no-nonsense scientist like Allison possibly fool anyone into thinking that she was the bubbly, vivacious Annie?

Trading her sensible shoes for strappy sandals, her eyeglasses for contacts, and her lab smock for a chiffon dress, Allison was determined to try her best. Her first challenge was a dinner date with Annie’s fiancé, Davis. But what Allison didn’t expect was the presence of Davis’s best friend.

Allison was far too logical to believe in love at first sight, but there was nothing logical about the way she was responding to Spencer Raft. The dark-haired, blue-eyed mystery man had an assurance that Allison found positively maddening.

And by the end of the evening, she couldn’t help feeling that Spencer had been attracted to a carefully constructed illusion. She was certain that the handsome adventurer wouldn’t give her a second look if he knew her as she really was.

But Spencer Raft was a man of many talents — and seeing below the surface of things was one of them. He sensed the flesh-and-blood woman beneath the elaborate charade, and after years of wandering the world in search of excitement, he knew he had finally found what he had been looking for.

But first this incurable romantic had to convince an intractable skeptic that there was more to love than what she could study in a laboratory. And what better way than to propose a passionate experiment of his own?

On board his yacht, Spencer and Allison would fulfill their wildest fantasies and deepest desires; but when their blissful idyll was over, would it all prove to be no more than a pleasant interlude — or the real thing?

From the Hardcover edition.

Customer Reviews:

This book is merely foreplay.......2007-08-22

I'd never read Sandra Brown before, but a friend recommended this book when she saw me reading a book by Cassandra King, telling me that if I liked King I'd also like Brown. There is no way the two are similar. To be fair, I've never read anything else by Brown, but after reading this book I certainly don't intend to. The book consisted almost entirely of descriptions of kissing, foreplay and finally the sexual act itself. The 'plot' was very meager and I didn't even finish reading the book; I merely skipped to the end, and, as expected "the boy got the girl." There was no character development and the storyline was pretty unbelievable. I don't understand how Brown can consider herself a serious author when she writes this kind of trash. I suppose there are those out there who like to vicariously live out their sex life through books; I am not one of those people. I do like a good romance now and again, this doesn't qualify.

No title.......2007-01-09

I did not order this book. I ordered the same title, but by a different author. It was for a middle school book club, for a boy. It would have cost most of the cost of the book to return, so I threw it away (in a charity give away bin) unread. I don't read romance novels, and neither does my 14 year old son.

Twins Having Fun.......2006-07-24

To take care of an important business a twin sister asks her sibling to pretend to be her person with her fiancé for a few days. Nothing is supposed to happen but one chaos after another pursues especially with the emergence of a rather attractive friend of the fiancé. The acting sister takes care of situations her own way including the overly confident friend. The story is blasé and the characters are predictable. Romance writers seem to be very highly imaginative with emotions, characteristics, temptations, and big-headedness and Ms. Brown is included among them. Strong traits especially of the heroine are taken to the extreme but it is fortunate that the time spent to finish the whole story is minimal.

Don't waste your time.......2005-09-08

Sandra Brown has written many novels but her male characters are all arrogant and full of themselves and her female characters are all submissive and passive. This book will demonstrate this very quickly when Spencer is trying to seduce his best friend's fiancé.
This bothers me in Sandra Brown's novels. I haven't finished too many of them for this reason. The only book of hers I enjoyed was "Adam's Fall" and that's it. If you want to waste your time at reading nonsense go ahead and read this book.

How much worse could it get?.......2005-07-09

What mindless drivel! Reading this book is like eating a bag of marshmallows--sure, it fills you up but all you end up with is a stomachache. I wasted hours of my life on this book. Heaven knows why I even continued reading it.

The characters in this book weren't anything like real people. The whole deception thing was absurd. How could Davis not know that that wasn't his fiance? Especially when she acted weird and he knew that she had a twin sister. And what kind of an idiot was Allison to continue on with the charade when things got out of hand. And don't even get me started on Spencer. All I'll say about him is that I would never be interested in someone with such low morals no matter how sexy he was. He was trying to steal his bestfriend's fiance for heaven's sake!

With each turn of the page I thought surely the book would get better and the characters more believable. It was just the opposite. I started skimming pages instead of reading everything just to get to the end faster. When I finally finished it I was disgusted with myself for wasting my time. I would have thrown Thursday's Child in the trash except that I am an environment-friendly person so it ended up in the paper recycle bin instead. This book is not even worth donating to charity.

The Sandra Brown Collection: (An Exclusive Audio Book Club Compilation, The Bestselling Novels: Riley in the Morning; In a Class by Itself; Thursday's Child)

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Classic Sandra Brown - great stuff

The Sandra Brown Collection: (An Exclusive Audio Book Club Compilation, The Bestselling Novels: Riley in the Morning; In a Class by Itself; Thursday's Child)
Sandra Brown
Manufacturer: Random House
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Cassette
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Classic Sandra Brown - great stuff.......2007-06-11

My only regret is that they're all abridged. The three books are all great, just what I expect from Sandra Brown.

Thursday's Child (A Day to Remember Series #4)

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I love it!
Read Lions of the Deserts series first
excellente!
Wonderful!! I couldn't wait to finish it!!!
unique twist with characters

Thursday's Child (A Day to Remember Series #4)
Linda Chaikin
Manufacturer: Harvest House Publishers
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0736900705

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I love it!.......2006-03-03

I got this book from the library, and now I'm about to order it its so good. In the starting its kind of stupid...because they fall in love almost emediantly.But after wards its almost perfect! Its very unique in that there maried threw most of the book so thats nice because usually books end were he asks her to marry him and....The End But this ones different! Mrs.Chaiken has a talent for writing fasinating books were there all diferent but you can tell there written by the same person.I love it

Read Lions of the Deserts series first.......2003-12-26

This book is very well written. I would recommend reading Linda Chaikin's Lions of the Desert series before this book. Thursday's Child is a continuation of Lions of the Desert. It takes place a generation later during WW II. A very interesting book.

excellente!.......2001-07-23

This was a wonderful book. If you have read Linda's other novels and liked them, you will definately love this one. If you haven't I highly recommend it. Especially if you are into spies, intrigue, and mysteries!! :)...

Wonderful!! I couldn't wait to finish it!!!.......2001-06-21

This book is another great masterpiece by Linda Chaikin. Believe me you'll be surprised at some "interesting" things that Mrs. Chaikin puts in there. This is different than what she has done before but you'll be pleased at what she puts into the plots. Very well-written plot and unique characters. Paulette has far to go in the search for her missing husband. She forsakes all and places herself in God's hands to reunite with Garret. Her journey was remarkable and I was glad about how the story turns out. I hope Mrs. Chaikin would get an award for her A DAY TO REMEMBER series. This series deserves an award because you can tell that she researched this very carefully and they're not the same old plot with different characters all the time. I can't wait for "Friday's Child" to come out and I'll definitely read the whole series more than once!!! Great Job Mrs. Chaikin! God bless!

unique twist with characters.......2001-05-04

I was a little disappointed with the plot of this book. I felt that Linda Chaikin could have done better. But I did love the very intriguing twist with the characters. Mrs.Chaikin has never interwoven her characters from others book series into others. I don't want to give away anything though so I'll keep quiet. All of you Linda Chaikin fans out there should read this book because I'm sure that you'll love it and find some parts to be very interesting(You'll understand once you've read it! I can't give away anything!).

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Thursday's Child
Helen Forrester
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 000617244X

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An Inspiring Read
Great Book
Beware of the mass-market paperback, it's not what I loved
wonderful children's book

Thursdays Child
Noel Streatfield
Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

ASIN: 0394920961
Release Date: 1970-02-12

Customer Reviews:

An Inspiring Read.......2004-03-03

Margaret Thursday is one of the greatest heroines in children's literature today and it's a great shame she's not recognised as much as she deserves to be. It's this aspect however that makes this book a refreshing read for anybody wanting to escape the hype of Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings, and it will leave a lasting impression on anyone who reads it. Some might say the book is a little unchallenging; after all it is a children's book, but for me it is this that adds to the beauty of the simple story of a spirited and gifted child who boldly sets out to seek her fortune in the world. Age doesn't and shouldn't matter at all when you've got a wonderful book like this.

Great Book.......2003-11-24

Even though I wasn't in the reading range for this book (I read it when I was 14) I found this book to be very good. I found something in all of the characters and the story was really good and easy to follow. I felt very sorry for the children in the story, but it's kind of hard to feel sorry for the main character of the story because she's so strong and so set on solving her problems on her own. And come on she runs away! That has to be on reason for kids to read the book. This book was a pretty easy read and I think even a third grader could plow through this book and feel satisfied in the end.

Beware of the mass-market paperback, it's not what I loved.......2000-09-06

One of the shadowy, half-remembered books in the back of my mind is a big hardcover in a scratchy green cloth binding, a book called Thursday's Child by Noel Streatfeild. I despair of ever finding that book again, because this one, an out-of-print British paperback Amazon found for me after searching for YEARS, isn't the right story. It has the right characters, like the lovely Lavinia Beresford and the central Margaret Thursday, but I fear it has been abridged. With an axe. This is the kind of thing that makes me want to cry.

wonderful children's book.......2000-04-06

When I was in sixth grade, this was one of my favorite books in the whole world. If you love Noel Streatfeild's other books, you will probably love this one too. As a down-to-earth look at a little girl and her rather unusual life on the canals, this book is marvelous. Girls will find the book amusing and will be able to easily relate to the struggles, while older readers will be able to look back to their childhood, and even be able to better understand what their children might be thinking. A wonderful read for any girl, boy, parent or grandparent!

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haunting
A well written book, full of meaningful moments.
A book beautifully written and a story expertly told.

Thursday's Child
Sonya Hartnett
Manufacturer: Candlewick
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0763622036
Release Date: 2003-08-11

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Australian author Sonya Hartnett's Thursday's Child is a mysteriously hypnotic literary novel reminiscent of David Almond's dark and dreamy books. The Flute family of seven--including the lively, likeable 7-year-old girl narrator Harper--lives in an abandoned prospector's shack in rural Australia during the Great Depression on land that is "particularly exhausted or maybe simply sullen." With the trials of being undernourished, inadequately clothed, and without real prospects (not to mention a relentlessly crying new baby, a mean midwife, and two parents who seem incapable of improving the situation), there's plenty of reason for the Flute children to want to escape.

Younger brother Tin escapes his family--and his very humanity--into the earth. He is Thursday's child, "and so fated to his wanderings," which happen to be in an elaborate burrow system under the family's house from which he eventually doesn't return: "He was born to the task like a hare or one of those blind hairless moles that comes into the world itching to get its claws into the safety of the ground." The family's problems transcend the oddity of Tin's seemingly impossible existence, and so he is left, pale and wild, to his underground world.

Harper takes it all in, recounting stories of her family's heartbreak in colorful first-person narrative--whether it's about her Da's drinking and dreams, a baby tumbling into a well, or the horrors that befall her older sister at the hands of the sinister neighbor. Harper's cheerful-as-possible, child's-eye perspective and her slow demystification of the world around her form the heart of the story. Hartnett is a masterful writer and storyteller; this is a suspenseful, curiously optimistic, altogether riveting novel you'll want to read more than once. (Ages 15 and older) --Karin Snelson

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Sonya Hartnett’s haunting, mythical novel - now in paperback

Harper Flute believes that her younger brother Tin, with his uncanny ability to dig, was born to burrow. While their family struggles to survive in a bleak landscape during the Great Depression, the silent and elusive little Tin - "born on a Thursday and so fated to his wanderings" - begins to escape underground, tunneling beneath their tiny shanty. As time passes, Tin becomes a wild thing, leaving his family further and further behind.

With exquisite prose, richly drawn characters, and a touch of magical realism, Sonya Hartnett tells a breathtakingly original coming-of-age story through the clear eyes of an observant child. It’s an unsentimental portrait of a loving family faced with poverty and heartbreak, entwined with a surreal vision of the enigmatic Tin, disappearing into a mysterious labyrinth that reaches unimaginably far, yet remains hauntingly near.

"Will be treasured by teens. . . . A beautiful and complex coming-of-age story that will burrow into young people’s deepest hopes and fears, shining light on the darkest rooms." - BOOKLIST (starred review)

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haunting.......2007-09-12

Hartnett has done a wonderful job again in giving us this haunting story of another dysfunctional family. You can almost hear Tin as he moves about underground, expanding that world as he leaves this one.

A well written book, full of meaningful moments........2004-08-07

'Thursday's Child' is a good example of a book that is not necessarily historical fact, but brings a beautiful portrayal of a family unit through hard times. Although it can get depressing at times, the darkness is expected (the family is not living in the most happiest conditions) and the story is full of realistic plot that lets the reader really get to know the characters. The only character that remains shrouded in mystery (although the main character, Harper, gives us some insight to his true intents throughout the book of his digging) is Tin, who still remains one of the most meaningful aspects of the book.

An easy, enjoyable read.

A book beautifully written and a story expertly told........2003-12-21

James Augustin Barnabas Flute, otherwise known as "Tin," was born on a Thursday. Which, according to his older sister Harper who narrates this dark coming-of-age novel, fated him to his wanderings. An older Harper looks back on her not quite seven-year-old self and remembers the day when her youngest brother Caffy was born - the day when Tin stopped being the impoverished family's baby, which is also the day when Tin learned how to dig.

The family's story from then on diverges from Tin's, as the small boy slowly transforms into a wild creature whose home is a self-created network of tunnels beneath their shanty. Most of the time Tin is invisible to the others, a person lost - less and less human, as time passes - yet still loved. Still one of their own.

This literary novel's premise borders on speculative fiction, with wonderfully creepy effect. Tin's life intersects with those of his family at crisis points throughout the story, as their already difficult existence becomes ever more so. What will this wild and often frightening child bring his loved ones in the end? Will he be their doom - their salvation - or both?

Despite its darkness, which at times feels extreme, "Thursday's Child" is a book beautifully written and a story expertly told. I recommend it highly, although not to young readers prone to nightmares!

- Reviewed by Nina M. Osier, author of "Love, Jimmy: A Maine Veteran's Longest Battle"

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Still making an impact - almost 25 years later!

Torstain lapsi

An inspiration

A Touching Tribute To A Courageous Family

Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Thursday's Child
Victoria Poole
Manufacturer: Warner Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0445046562

Customer Reviews:

Still making an impact - almost 25 years later!.......2004-07-10

I'll never forget reading a paperback copy of this book while on vacation as a teenager. It made such an impact on me then, and now, as a parent myself. I distinctly remember so much of this book and of Victoria's photos. For a little paperback I read one summer so many years ago to still be able to make me cry upon its memory is a sign of a powerful book. Highly recommended reading!

Torstain lapsi.......2004-02-15

I read the book telling the story of Sam in 1980, straight after it was published in my language. I thought it was a very interesting book of a young boy or better a very young man which was very courageous.
I also bought the book long ago and have read it many times. Just yesterday I began to read it once again and wondered if I could get more information of Sam in the Internet. I was very sorry to learn, he really is dead, although it was not a big surprise. I would like to know more of him, as how it all was after the transplantation.
I recommendate the book for everybody, it really is worth to be read.
God bless Sam's family.

Help! How can I make those voting buttons!

An inspiration.......2002-08-04

I only just read this book recently after seeing the movie. I found the movie good, but had the feeling there were a lot of holes and unanswered questions. So I started to search the internet for information on Sam Alden, coming up with absolutely nothing, until I finally found a book of the same name by a Victoria POOLE. Realizing it must be the same person, but that they'd changed the name in the movie, I clicked on it and read the reviews. I immediately ordered the book, and was totally wrapped up in it. Sam's strength and courage is an inspiration to me, as I'm sure it was and will be to a lot of people. When Sam says the stronger the pain gets, the more you learn to handle it, you just adjust, it makes me feel that I can take anything coming to me, if I just think of these words. I had cancer 4 years ago, and I'm glad I got through it. I agree with Sam, there's a lot one can take if one has to.
I was really sad when I read the reviews and found out that Sam had eventually died. I don't know when it happened, how long he survived after the transplant, but I want the Poole family to know that he won my heart in retrospect and that, in inspiring all of us to just deal with things and live, he will always live on.

A Touching Tribute To A Courageous Family.......2001-01-19

I remember picking up a paperback version of Thursday's Child in the Portland Jetport while on a layover from a business trip in 1981. And I remember being overwhelmed by the story and by the love, strength and dedication of the Poole family. Mostly, I remember being in awe of Sam's courage. Victoria Poole made us laugh with her sometimes wry observations, she touched all of our hearts and she communicated a powerful message about the importance of family. Actually, her writing made us feel as if we were right there with the family, whether at the "Sunday picnics" or in the waiting room at Stanford University Medical Center. I still have that faded, tattered paperback and I must admit I re read it occasionally - usually when I need to be reminded that my daily problems are miniscule compared to what Sam and his family faced. And, yes, I think all of our hearts broke a little when we heard that Sam died. He was a hero for all of us and it would have been grand to see him remain at the top of the glass mountain forever. I have often thought of writng Mrs. Poole to tell her the impact her story had on how I view life and its challenges. For now, however, I will simply say a public thank you to "Aunt Vic" and the rest of the Poole family for sharing their lives with us.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.......2000-06-10

Sam Poole was my uncle. I never got to meet him because he died before I was born. However, from what I know of him he was a great person. I have heard stories and I feel like I know him through the rest of my family. Thursday's Child tells a remarkable story that is really a page turner. It hit home for me because it was written by my grandmother and talked about all the members of my family. My grandmother doesn't talk about writing the book all that much but I have read it and I know about it from my other family members. I recommend this book to anyone, it tells a story of any normal family and one incident that changes their whole lives.

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A Fun Tale well woven
Good, Clean Reading
Good, Clean Reading

Thursday's Child: Memoirs of an Ex-Nun
Sue Potter
Manufacturer: Washington House
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1931633142

Book Description

Sue Potter worked as a missionary nun in Trinidad and Tobago for 15 years. This is her story of how she faced corrupt governments, desperate children and dangerous living.

Customer Reviews:

A Fun Tale well woven.......2002-04-12

I enjoyed every page of this well-woven tale. Even the sad, horror stories are well told. I highly recommend this book.

Good, Clean Reading.......2001-10-24

I highly recommend this book. I know the author and I can attest that what she has written is true to her character and lifestyle.

Good, Clean Reading.......2001-10-24

A simple, down-to-earth story about a simple, down-to-earth woman. Well told, well written. Highly recommended reading.

Thursday's Child Has Far to Go: A Memoir of the Journeying Years

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Thursday's Child Has Far to Go: A Memoir of the Journeying Years
Walter Laqueur
Manufacturer: Scribner
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 068419421X

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Thursday's Child
Faith Baldwin
Manufacturer: Henry Holt & Co
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0030149169

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