When Helen Forrster'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. Her parents more or less collapsed under the strain, father spending hours in search of non-existent work, or in the dole queue, mother on the verge of a breakdown and striving to find and keep part-time jobs. The running of the household, in slum surroundings and with little food, the care of the younger children, all fell on twelve-year-old Helen. Unable to attend school, Helen's fear that she was to be trapped forever as druge and housekeeper caused her to despair at times. But she was determined to have a chance asn struggled, despite her parents to gain an education.
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Used availability for Helen Forrester's Twopence to Cross the Mersey
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Hardback Editions
December 1993 : Hardback
| Title: Audiopacks - Twopence to Cross the Mersey Author(s):: Helen Forrester ISBN: 0003252957 / 9780003252958 (UK edition) Publisher: Collins Educational Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
October 1992 : Hardback
| Title: Twopence to Cross the Mersey: Abridged: Unabridged Author(s):: Helen Forrester ISBN: 0001046713 / 9780001046719 (UK edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Availability: Amazon UK Amazon Amazon CA |
January 1984 : Hardback
| Title: Twopence to Cross the Mersey Author(s):: Helen Forrester ISBN: 0708910718 / 9780708910719 (UK edition) Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
December 1979 : Hardback
| Title: Twopence to Cross the Mersey Author(s):: Helen Forrester ISBN: 037030196X / 9780370301969 (UK edition) Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK |
January 1974 : Hardback
| Title: Twopence to Cross the Mersey Author(s):: Helen Forrester ISBN: 0224009826 / 9780224009829 (UK edition) Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA Amazon |
Paperback Editions
2011 : Paperback
| Title: Twopence to Cross the Mersey Author(s):: Helen Forrester ISBN: 0007899750 / 9780007899753 (UK edition) Publisher: Harper Collins Availability: Amazon UK |
August 2010 : Paperback
| Title: Twopence to Cross the Mersey / Liverpool Miss (Helen Forrester Bind Up 1) Author(s):: Helen Forrester ISBN: 0007279787 / 9780007279784 (UK edition) Publisher: Harper Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK Amazon |
June 2005 : Paperback
| Title: Xtwopence to Cross the Mersey Author(s):: Forrester Helen ISBN: 000775003X / 9780007750030 (UK edition) Publisher: Harper Collins Promotion Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
July 1987 : Paperback
| Title: Collins Drama - Twopence to Cross the Mersey: Play (Plays plus) Author(s):: Valerie Windsor, Helen Forrester ISBN: 0003302369 / 9780003302363 (UK edition) Publisher: Collins Educational Availability: Amazon UK Amazon Amazon CA |
May 1995 : Paperback
| Title: Twopence to Cross the Mersey Author(s):: Helen Forrester ISBN: 0286133040 / 9780286133043 (UK edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
March 1981 : Paperback
| Title: Twopence to Cross the Mersey Author(s):: Helen Forrester ISBN: 0006361684 / 9780006361688 (UK edition) Publisher: Fontana/Collins Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA Amazon |
Audio Editions
December 1986 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Twopence to Cross the Mersey: Unabridged Author(s):: Helen Forrester ISBN: 1854960970 / 9781854960979 (UK edition) Publisher: Soundings Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
Kindle Editions
December 2012 : Kindle edition
| Title: Twopence to Cross the Mersey Author(s):: Helen Forrester ISBN: B0095C054U Publisher: Harper Availability: Amazon UK |
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