Twopence to Cross the Mersey

Helen Forrester

Twopence to Cross the Mersey
Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Country
United Kingdom
Published
1 December 2016
Pages
240
ISBN
9780008180966

Twopence to Cross the Mersey

Helen Forrester

This major best-selling memoir of a poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool is one of the most harrowing but uplifting books you will ever read.

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 twelve-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. , Forrester’s memoir of these grim days is as heart-warming as it is shocking.

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