{"product_id":"twopence-to-cross-the-mersey-liverpool-miss","title":"Helen Forrester: Twopence to Cross the Mersey \/ Liverpool Miss [2010] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst and second parts of Helen Forresters poignant autobiography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eTwopence 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003cbr\u003eTold 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forrester, Helen","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47799461773651,"sku":"XV80007279784","price":2.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/forrester-helen-twopence-to-cross-the-mersey-liverpool-miss-xv80007279784-54882706850131.jpg?v=1728363545","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/twopence-to-cross-the-mersey-liverpool-miss","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}