Twopence to cross the Mersey
Forrester, Helen2016
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Total copies: 2
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.
Main title:
Twopence to cross the Mersey / Helen Forrester.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Harper, 2016.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Jonathon Cape, 1974.
ISBN:
9780008180966 (pbk)
Dewey class:
B FOR
LC class:
PR6056.O6926
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
302104