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.
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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
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Born in Cheshire, Helen Forrester, the eldest of seven children, made her home in Liverpool until emigrating to Canada. She is the author of four bestselling volumes of autobiography and a number of equally successful novels.
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Wanna travel back in time?,
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Hellen Forester is a writer like no other. I have read several of her books and all of them made me feel as if I was standing by audience. It is real! I absolutely love the way she writes, her documentary of the Depression times, her sense of humor and the sense of coming to your heart is unbelievable. Don't believe me? Read any of her books yourself. :-0
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Helen Forrester is an amazing writer,
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My Aunt suggested I read Helen Forrester's books so that I might understand more of what growing up was like for her in the 1930's of the East End of London. Although Helen's story takes place in Liverpool the stories are very similar and helped me to understand so much about the hardships our parents and grandparents endured. In these uncertain financial times so many of us are one paycheck away from being homeless. Helen's courage can be an inspriation for us all that we can endure, grow and eventually prosper under great hardship.
This is a great read for any age. I would suggest it for teens for Christmas to remind them just how lucky they are to be growing up in such a rich society.
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