Only depression-shrouded Liverpool could spawn a big, tough, loving character like Daisy Gallaher. Passionate in her loves and hatreds, she is the Nan of her poverty-stricken family and devoted friend of Nellie O'Brien, who is dying from lack of medical attention. She is always desperate for money. One dark night, she is cornered by three drunken sailors who find her buxom figure, wrapped in a black shawl, comfortably attractive. From fear, she yields herself to them and, laughing, they pay her, and she realise how she can earn a living. Fighting competition, weeping at her own suffering, laughing with her clients, she becomes the toast of the waterfront and earns enough money to buy medical attention for her friend. She manages to hide from occupation from her family, but when her stoker husband returns from sea she realises, terror-stricken, that the moment of truth has arrived.
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'Enjoyable...moving. The author loves her subject and writes with conviction' Sunday Times 'A gentle book...evocative but not sentimental' Northern Echo
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Born in England and wife of a Professor of Theoretical Physics, Helen Forrester and her Canadian born son live in Edmonton, Alberta. Helen Forrester has travelled widely. She particularly enjoys the theatre, and walking in the countryside. She also collects fans and is a member of the International Fan Circle
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This book is excellent reading! Liverpool Daisy is a hard book to put down, its really that good. Daisy may be a hard character at times but the lady has a heart of gold when it comes to her best mate. As a lover of non-fiction, it has surprised me how well I have come to love this author and her books. This book is one of my favorites.
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