Liverpool Miss - Softcover

Forrester, Helen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006364942 ISBN 13: 9780006364948

Publisher: Fontana, 1982

Synopsis

The second volume of Helen Forrester's powerful, painful and ultimately uplifting four-volume autobiography of her poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool during the Depression. The Forrester family are slowly winning their fight for survival. But fourteen-year-old Helen's personal battle is to persuade her parents to allow her to earn her own living, to lead her own life after the years of neglect and inadequate schooling while she cared for her six younger brothers and sisters. Her untiring struggles against illness caused by severe malnutrition and dirt (she has her first bath in four years) and, above all, the selfish demands of her parents, make this a story of amazing courage and perseverance.

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 many decades, she made her home with her husband and son in Alberta, Canada. Helen died in 2011 aged 92.

Review:

Praise for Liverpool Miss: `Records of hardship during the Thirties or earlier are not rare; but this has features that make it stand apart'Observer `The story of a young girl's courage and perseverance against adversity... warm-hearted and excellent'Manchester Evening News

About this edition

• Publisher: Fontana
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0006364942
• ISBN 13: 9780006364948
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288