{"product_id":"twopence-across-the-mersy","title":"Twopence Across The Mersy","description":"First and second parts of Helen Forresters poignant autobiography.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Twopence 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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e When 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 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Told 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.","brand":"Readers Paradise Book Shop Wexford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39452366110891,"sku":"","price":3.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0538\/7105\/0923\/products\/8_f4d03dc6-a53a-4e11-91b2-d30684431a81.jpg?v=1616412069","url":"https:\/\/readersparadise.pro\/products\/twopence-across-the-mersy","provider":"ReadersParadise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}