Twopence to Cross the Mersey / Liverpool Miss : AND Liverpool Miss Paperback
by Helen Forrester
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First and second parts of Helen Forresters poignant autobiography.
Twopence was the price of the ferry-boat between Liverpool and Birkenhead.
A tiny sum but an impassable barrier for the poor of Liverpool - desperate to escape the city's grinding poverty.
When Helen Forrester's father went bankrupt in 1930, she and her six siblings were forced from their comfortable middle-class life into utmost destitution in Depression-ridden Liverpool.
The running of the household and the care of her younger siblings all fell to twelve-year old Helen.
In slum surroundings and with little food or support from her feckless parents, Helen was forced on her own resources. Told with compassion, humour and a remarkable lack of self-pity, this is a fascinating picture of life in Britain before the Welfare State and the moving story one young girl's courage.
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- Format:Paperback
- Pages:416 pages, Illustrations
- Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication Date:21/02/2009
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- ISBN:9780007279784
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Unavailable
- Format:Paperback
- Pages:416 pages, Illustrations
- Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication Date:21/02/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780007279784