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. Written with good humor and a lack of self-pity, Forrester's memoir of these grim days is as heart-warming as it is shocking. • Helen Forrester invented the misery memoir with her first autobiography, Twopence to Cross the Mersey. • The four volumes of autobiography went on to sell millions of copies across the globe and her humble account of her years of hardship spoke to many. • Helen's Fiction, including Liverpool Daisy, The Latchkey Kid and A Cuppa Tea and an Aspirin were inspired by her early life in Liverpool. • Helen's memoirs have been continually in print since Twopence to Cross the Mersey was published in 1974. • The e-Book editions continue to be bestsellers and Helen's humor and warmth have been discovered by a whole new generation of fans. • Helen Forrester died in 2011 aged 92 in her adopted home of Canada.
