Lime Street at Two

I am reading the last of the series first...not on purpose but through ignorance. But this is a slice of life in Liverpool during the war and this book stands alone just fine for me.

I will search out the first three books for sure... a very good read for me with detail that satisfies me.

This is a sequel to Helen Forrester's excellent autobiographical trilogy, but I found it disappointing. Unlike the earlier books, this didn't read like a story and I didn't find it moving or even particularly interesting. Too many facts and unconnected anecdotes.

sad story about living in Liverpool during WW2. Getting bombed, not having any money, being cold, losing 3 men in the war, having very difficult parents.

This is the last part of Helen Forrester's autobiography.

Back Cover Blurb:
In 1940 Helen, now twenty, reeling from the news that her fiance Harry has been killed on an Atlantic convoy, 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. Then, early in 1941, she gets a new job and begins to enjoy herself a little. But in May the bombing starts again and another move brings more trouble to Helen, trouble which will be faced, as ever, with courage and determination.