Twopence to cross the Mersey /
by Forrester, Helen.
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BookPublisher: London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2016Description: 224 pages ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780008180966 (pbk.) :; 0008180962 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 920 FORSubject(s): Forrester, Helen -- Childhood and youth | Women novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography | Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography | Liverpool (England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century | Biography | BiographySummary: When Helen Forrester's father went bankrupt in 1930 she and her six siblings were forced into utmost poverty and slum surroundings in Depression-ridden Liverpool. The running of the household and the care of the younger children all fell on 12-year-old Helen. With very little food or help from her parents, Helen led a life of unrelenting drudgery and hardship. Writing about her experiences later in life, Helen Forrester shed light on an almost forgotten part of life in Britain. Written with good humour and a lack of self-pity, Forrester's memoir of these grim days is as heart-warming as it is shocking.
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| 920 FOR Twopence to cross the Mersey: and, Liverpool miss | 920 FOR Hidden lives : | 920 FOR Liverpool miss / | 920 FOR Twopence to cross the Mersey / | 920 FOR Passage across the Mersey / | 920 FOW How could she? | 920 FRA The diary of a young girl |
Originally published: London: Cape, 1974.
When Helen Forrester's father went bankrupt in 1930 she and her six siblings were forced into utmost poverty and slum surroundings in Depression-ridden Liverpool. The running of the household and the care of the younger children all fell on 12-year-old Helen. With very little food or help from her parents, Helen led a life of unrelenting drudgery and hardship. Writing about her experiences later in life, Helen Forrester shed light on an almost forgotten part of life in Britain. Written with good humour and a lack of self-pity, Forrester's memoir of these grim days is as heart-warming as it is shocking.
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