Twopence to Cross the Mersey (Helen Forrester Bind Up 1) - Softcover

Helen Forrester

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ISBN 10: 0007279787 ISBN 13: 9780007279784

Publisher: UK General Books, 1729

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Presenting Helen Forrester's "Twopence to Cross the Mersey" on a double cassette and including photocopiable teaching resources, the aim of this audiopack is to vary classroom activities and motivate. The support material includes: teaching strategies; extension material; a self-study element; revision ideas; and copymasters.

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About the Author:

Helen Forrester was born in Hoylake, Cheshire, the eldest of seven children. For many years, until she married, her home was Liverpool, a city that features prominently in her work. For many decades, she made her home with her husband and son in Alberta, Canada. Helen died in 2011 aged 92.

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This major best-selling memoir of a poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool is one of the most harrowing but uplifting books you will ever hear. 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 feckless 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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