In Thursday's Child, Fleur Sylvester is a mixed-race baby abandoned by her middle-class mother and would-be rock star father and brought up surrounded by her grandparent's love in London's East End. But when they die, her life is changed completely. At only nineteen, Fleur is left with nothing and with no real hope of finding her mother she starts a new life. Then one day she is brought face to face with the woman who abandoned her as a baby and appeared never to give her another thought: her loving mother... The Lost Daughters is the story of Cathy Oldham and Rosalind Blair who meet as children in post-war London. Cathy's beloved father dies and leaves her in the care of her godfather, Gerald Cavelle the glamorous concert pianist whom she later marries. Yet still the security she craves eludes her. Ros, too has troubles. Her hard-won career in hotel management is threatened by her mother's domineering ways. An unexpected reunion with eachother gives them both the impetus to break free and they enter the hazardous world of business together - and start to become independent women.