Bhatia, June (1919–)
Bhatia, June (1919–)
Canadian novelist. Name variations: (pseudonym) Helen Forrester. Born 1919 in Hoylake, Cheshire, England; grew up in Liverpool; m. Avadh Behari Bhatia (physics professor at University of Alberta), 1950 (died 1985); children: 1 son.
Married and lived in India; immigrated to Canada (1953), settling in Alberta (1956); autobiographical works portraying childhood of poverty in England are Twopence to Corss the Mersey (1974), Minerva's Stepchild (1979), By the Waters of Liverpool (1981) and Lime Street at Two (1985); novels include Most Precious Employee (1976), Liverpool Daisy (1979), The Latchkey Kid (1985), Thursday's Child (1985) and Yes, Mama (1988).
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