title: Helen's Tomorrow
author: Heaton, Shirley
description: BROKEN FAMILY BONDS – ESTRANGED RELATIONSHIPS. CAN THE BONDS BE RESTORED? Helen’s Tomorrow, set shortly after World War II, is a story of rejection, manipulation, jealousy and pride. Helen, daughter of middle-class mill owners, defies her mother when she marries ‘beneath her’ and finds happiness with husband, Jim. But when tragedy strikes she is left widowed and penniless and, with two young daughters to support, she struggles to survive. Determined not to accept charity from her remorseful, guilt-ridden mother, Helen finds success when she returns to her job in antiques. But she is not prepared for the spiteful ways and bitter reprisals of scheming sister, Laura. At the same time she is forced to contend with the unwanted attention and conniving ways of greedy mill hand Jack. During a visit to a London exhibition Helen’s hopes and dreams are shattered once more, but unexpectedly she finds love when she meets surgeon, Charles Ravel. But will her problems dissipate?