There was no reason to believe that Hannah and Humphrey Drayton were dissatisfied with their marriage and were not happy together. But in fact, appearances did not correspond to reality, and after many years of tyranny and loneliness, Hannah finally decided that she no longer agreed to meekly exist in the shadow of a grumpy and hypocritical London broker. The only relief for Hannah over all these years was the absence of her husband from home on Thursday evenings - Humphrey went to play bridge with friends - and on weekends, which he spent with elderly relatives who considered their nephew to be their own son. Desperate, despite her husband’s ridicule, Hannah found took refuge in literary creativity and, responding to an advertisement in a local newspaper, paid a visit to the publishing house that completely changed her life. There she met David Craventon, the publisher's right-hand man and a man whom she soon began to consider her friend on Thursdays... Taking advantage of Humphrey's regular absences, Hannah and David met, talked, visited cinemas and theaters - spent time as Hannah never had the chance to spend leisure time with my husband. Humphrey, of course, had no idea about his wife’s “other life,” being completely absorbed in what he saw as his own prospects for the future. But Humphrey had secrets of his own, and when the situation got out of control, the consequences of his aspirations were completely unexpected. As for Hannah, her “Thursday friend” turned out to be the savior of her very existence. But will David be able to cope with his own personal troubles and give Hannah the happiness she so desires? Beneath the deceptively simple story lies an outstanding novel that fully reveals Catherine Cookson's talent for depicting relationships between people. Translated from LuStTranslation: LuSt, Squirrel, -Tess-, Autumn, Amica, HollyBettyBoop, makeevich, Tideland, LaLunaEditing: codeburger, LuStThe text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.