{"product_id":"9780008180966","title":"Twopence to Cross the Mersey","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Forrester, Helen \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eLancashire\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1 December 2016 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperCollins) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 240 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 197 x 19 | 172g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis major best-selling memoir of a poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool is one of the most harrowing but uplifting books you will ever read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55105016234359,"sku":"9780008180966","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780008180966.jpg?v=1744101169","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9780008180966","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}