Twopence to Cross the Mersey - Softcover

Helen Forrester

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0008180962 ISBN 13: 9780008180966

Publisher: Harper Collins Paperbacks, 2016

Synopsis

Twopence to Cross the Mersey

About this title

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 over thirty years now she has made her home in Alberta, Canada. In 1988 she was awarded an honourary D.Litt. by the University of Liverpool in recognition of her achievements as an author.

Language Notes:

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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About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Collins Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0008180962
• ISBN 13: 9780008180966
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240