Lime Street at Two

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The fourth and final part of Helen Forresters bestselling autobiography continues the moving story of her early poverty-stricken life with an account of the war years in Blitz-torn Liverpool
In 1940 Helen, now twenty, is working long hours at a welfare centre in Bootle, five miles from home. Her wages are pitifully low and her mother claims the whole of them for housekeeping but she is still thrilled to be working and gaining some independence. The Second World War is affecting every part of the country and Hitlers Luftwaffe nightly seek to wreck havoc on her home city of Liverpool.

Then, tragedy is brought shockingly close to home and Helen is left reeling when she receives some terrible news. But there is no let-up in the bombing and the Germans seem determined to bring the country to its knees. When a move brings more trouble for Helen, she is determined that she will face it, as ever, with courage and determination.

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Remarkable that from so bleak and unloving a background came a writer of such affectionate understanding and unsettling honesty
Sunday Telegraph

It was the biography that I would have written if my parents had not been given benefits, if theyd had to rely on parish hand outs [I] want to press this book into your hands and go, You must read this. Caitlin Moran

What makes this writers self-told tale so memorable An absolute recall, a genius for the unforgettable detail, the rare chance of subject
The Good Book Guide

Author Bio

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. Helens memoirs recount the years of hardship that she and her family suffered in Depression-era Liverpool, the city that features prominently throughout her work. In 1950, Helen married her husband, Avadh, and moved to India, far away from her Merseyside home. They eventually settled in Alberta, Canada where she lived for almost sixty years. Helen was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Liverpool in 1988 and by the University of Alberta in 1993. There have been a number of successful stage interpretations of Twopence to Cross the Mersey, most recently in 2016 at Liverpools Royal Court Theatre. Helen died in 2011 aged ninety-two and her writing continues to inspire readers around the world.