Liverpool Miss (1974)

i wished more self respect for helen but oldest children want to be loved so badly by their parents. i actually felt sorry for her mom too. to fall is very hard. ( )

Continuing on from Twopence to cross the Mersey the hardships endured by Helen never cease to amaze me. The feelings of anger I have towards her mother are further exacerbated in this story and I look forward to reading the final installment. ( )

Everyone should read this moving account of poverty.

Back Cover Blurb:
The continuing story of Helen Forrester's poverty stricken childhood in Liverpool during the Depression. The Forrester family are slowly winning their fight for survival. But fourteen year old Helen's personal battle is to persuade her parents to allow her to earn her own living, to lead her own life after the years of neglect and inadequate schooling after she cared for her six younger siblings. Her untiring struggles against illness caused by severe malnutrition and dirt ( she had her first bath in four years) and, above all, the selfish demands of her parents, make this a story of amazing courage and perseverance. ( )