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Twopence to Cross the Mersey / Liverpool Miss

By (author) 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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Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers
Published date | 5 Aug 2010
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Format | Paperback
Pages | 416
Dimensions | 198 x 129 x 27mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 300g
ISBN | 978-0-0072-7978-4
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BISAC | fiction / sagas

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