{"product_id":"twopence-to-cross-the-mersey","title":"Helen Forrester: Twopence to Cross the Mersey [1993] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe poignant account of a poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool during the 1930s, and the brilliant first volume of autobiography. A bestseller ever since it was published in February 1993. One of the most harrowing but uplifting books you will ever read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eAnyone who has enjoyed the Frank McCourt books is going to be equally moved by this magnificent testimony to a little girl's courage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eWhen Helen Forrester's father went bankrupt in 1930 she and her six siblings were forced from comfortable middle-class life in southern England to utmost poverty in the Depression-ridden North. The running of the household, in slum surroundings and with little food, and the care of the younger children all fell on twelve-year-old Helen. She writes about her experiences without self-pity but rather with a rich sense of humour which makes her account of these grim days heartwarmingly funny as well as shockingly moving.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forrester, Helen","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":47200832520531,"sku":"XG80006361688","price":1.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"New","offer_id":47665169269075,"sku":"9780006361688","price":21.41,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/forrester-helen-helen-forrester-twopence-to-cross-the-mersey-1993-paperback-54416913989971.jpg?v=1716541687","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/twopence-to-cross-the-mersey","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}