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Helen Forrester
Helen Forrester is the author of many well known books with a particular emphasis on Merseyside.  Most notable  of all, her 4 volume biography beginning with Twopence to Cross the Mersey and ending with Lime Street at Two charts her early life and teenage years on Merseyside.
Although she was born in Hoylake (Cheshire), Helen (the eldest of seven children) spent much of her early years living in Liverpool.
For the past forty-five years, Helen has lived in Canada and produces bestseller after bestseller.  Her novels include the Liverpool Basque and Three Women of Liverpool amongst others.  Her latest book Mourning Doves was published on 4th April last year (2000) 
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When Helen Forrester'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.Twopence to cross the Mersey
When Helen Forrester's father went bankrupt in 1930 she and her six siblings were forced from comfortable life in southern England to poverty in the Depression-ridden North.
Read more....		 This sequel to "Twopence to Cross the Mersey" continues the story of Helen Forrester's poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool during the Depression.Liverpool Miss
This sequel to "Twopence to Cross the Mersey" continues the story of Helen Forrester's poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool during the Depression.
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The third volume of Helen Forrester's poverty-stricken childhood and adolescence in Liverpool during the 1930s recounts Helens transition from poverty to fledgling romance and personal liberty.By the waters of Liverpool
The third volume of Helen Forrester's poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool during the 1930s recounts Helens transition from poverty to romance and personal liberty.
Read more....		 In this fourth book of the autobiography, Helen Forrester continues the story of her early poverty-stricken life with an account of the war years in Liverpool.  Lime Street at two
In this fourth book of the autobiography, Helen Forrester continues the story of her early poverty-stricken life with an account of the war years in Liverpool.  
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This is the story of a young Liverpool woman widowed in the Second World War before she can know the happiness of having a family.Madame Barbara
This is the story of a young Liverpool woman widowed in the Second World War before she can know the happiness of having a family.
Read more....		 When her husband dies suddenly, Louise Gilmore and her daughters Edna and Celia are left with nothing but debts. Mourning Doves
When her husband dies suddenly, Louise Gilmore and her daughters Edna and Celia are left with nothing but debts. 
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In the early years of this century, many Basques left their homeland in the Pyrenees.The family of little Manuel Echaniz stayed. The Liverpool Basque is the story of Manuel's childhood and coming of age in the teeming streets of the Mersey docklands.Liverpool Basque
In the early years of this century, many Basques left their homeland in the Pyrenees.  The family of little Manuel Echaniz stayed. 
Read more....		 For Helena Al-Khoury, life as an immigrant has been full of loneliness and despair. On the long road that has taken her from her family home in the Lebanon to the bustling port of Liverpool, the slums of Chicago, and finally to the Canadian wilderness, the struggle to overcome heartbreak, loss and cruel hardship has taken a heavy toll. The Lemon Tree
For Helena Al-Khoury, life as an immigrant has been full of loneliness and despair.  The long road has taken her from her home in the Lebanon to the bustling port of Liverpool.
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A triumph of innocence over hypocrisy... Alicia Woodman was born into a home that should have been filled with comfort and joy.Yes Mama
A triumph of innocence over hypocrisy... Alicia Woodman was born into a home that should have been filled with comfort and joy.
Read more....		 An extraordinary story of three brave women, each trying in her own way to deal with the brutal tide of destruction brought on by the air raids of the Second World War. Three women of Liverpool
An extraordinary story of three brave women, each trying in her own way to deal with the brutal tide of destruction brought on by the air raids of the Second World War. 
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A heartwarming story of India, newly free - a moment when the old and new clashed. Lovely Anasuyabehn had been brought up to obey her loving father in all things.The moneylenders of Shapur
A heartwarming story of India, newly free - a moment when the old and new clashed. Lovely Anasuyabehn had been brought up to obey her loving father in all things.
Read more....		 In a Liverpool torn by the Depression, Daisy Gallagher grows to womanhood the hard way. She is the mainstay of her poverty-stricken family and the devoted friend of Nellie O'Brian, who is dying for lack of medical attention. Liverpool Daisy
In a Liverpool torn by the Depression, Daisy Gallagher grows to womanhood the hard way. 
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Mrs Olga Stych, daughter of an immigrant Ukrainian pig farmer, has finally made it to the top of the social pyramid of Tollemarche, a small town in Canada's Bible Belt. But to get there, she has not only had to see off her most determined rival, she has also had to neglect her son Hank.The Latchkey Kid
Mrs Olga Stych, daughter of an immigrant Ukrainian pig farmer, has finally made it to the top of the social pyramid of Tollemarche, a small town in Canada's Bible Belt. 
Read more....		 Peggy Delaney was a Lancashire girl born and bred, beginning to live again after the heartache of the war. Ajit Singh was a charming young Indian student, shortly to return to his homeland and an arranged marriage. Thursdays Child
Peggy Delaney was a Lancashire girl born and bred, beginning to live again after the heartache of the war. Ajit Singh was a charming young Indian student... 
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