A compelling novel of Liverpool and Canada, from the bestselling author of Liverpool Daisy, Three Women of Liverpool and Thursday's Child.
By the Waters of Liverpool The third volume in the classic story of Helen Forrester's childhood and adolescence in poverty-stricken Liverpool during the 1930s. Full description
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 wor...
Mrs Olga Stych, daughter of an Ukrainian immigrant, has finally made it to the top of her social pyramid. But in doing so she has neglected her son and made many enemies. So when her moment of decline arrives, it is greeted with joy by her rivals.
This one was a Kindle Daily Deal as well, and to be honest I kind of wish I hadn't bothered. I feel really gloomy writing this, because when a book leaves me feeling meh it's such a shame.Three Women of Liverpool is set in Liverpool during the Blitz in 1941. When you hear about the Blitz, you a...
In this book, Helen Forrester continues the moving story of her early life with an account of the war years in blitz-torn Liverpool, and the happiness which she so nearly captured, but which was to elude her twice.
Following on from the first novel, Helen is still stuck in poverty and when a job opportunity comes up for Helen, she must fight for her independence with her mother. Helen is determined to go out to work and to improve her lifestyle, only to find her life made harder by her family circumstances ...
From Liverpool's best-loved author comes a superb novel of loss and grief, love and hope, set on Merseyside in 1920.
A powerful new novel, heart-breaking but ultimately uplifting, from the author of the classic Twopence to Cross The Mersey. Life in a Liverpool tenement block during the Great Depression is a grim struggle for Martha Connelly and her poverty-stricken family, as every day renews the threat of home...
A classic tale from Helen Forrester set in the heart of India.
Perhaps it was the indifference of the clerk at the shipping office who slapped down Mike’s eighteen shillings in front of her and made her sign for it — as if he were a bloody relieving officer and the money was public assistance instead of wages from Mike. Maybe it was the dead monotony of Fath...
When she returned home she left Bimla seated on a cushion under a mango tree in her father’s courtyard stabbing murderously at a piece of embroidery. Bimla’s face was contorted with rage. So, she thought, Ajit has married an English woman, a dirty, casteless English woman. She cursed him with cur...
Manuel wished that Francesca was still up and doing her homework, but Francesca, terribly distressed and frantic that her mother would also be lost if she left her, had not been to school, nor had her bewildered little sister. Finally, tonight, Bridget had popped in with a pill which she carefull...