By the Waters of Liverpool

The third volume in the classic story of Helen Forrester's childhood and adolescence in poverty-stricken Liverpool during the 1930s.
Helen Forrester continues the moving story of her early poverty-stricken life with an account of her teenage years and the devastating effect of the Second World War on her hometown of Liverpool.
At seventeen, Helen Forrester's parents are still as irresponsible as ever, wasting money while their children still lack adequate food and clothing. But for Helen, having won a small measure of independence, things are looking up. Having educated herself at night school and now making friends in her first proper job, she meets a handsome seaman and falls in love for the first time. But the storm clouds of war are gathering and Helen will experience at first hand the horror of the blitz and the terrible toll that the war exacted on ordinary people. As ever, Helen faces the future with courage and determination.

About the author

Helen Forrester was born in Hoylake, Cheshire in 1919 and was the eldest of seven children. She was the author of four phenomenally successful volumes of autobiography and many equally popular novels. Helen died in 2011 aged ninety-two and her writing continues to inspire readers around the world.

Summary

The third volume in the classic story of Helen Forrester’s childhood and adolescence in poverty-stricken Liverpool during the 1930s.

Product details

• Authors: Helen Forrester
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.12.2016
• EAN: 9780008180935
• ISBN: 978-0-00-818093-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Autobiography: general, Lancashire, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Poverty & unemployment, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Autobiography: philosophy and social sciences, Poverty and precarity