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Twopence to Cross the Mersey

By: Helen Forrester
Narrated by: Liane-Rose Bunce
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This major best-selling memoir of a poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool is one of the most harrowing but uplifting books you will ever hear. When Helen Forrester's father went bankrupt in 1930, she and her six siblings were forced into utmost poverty and slum surroundings in Depression-ridden Liverpool. The running of the household and the care of the younger children all fell on 12-year-old Helen.

With very little food or help from her feckless parents, Helen led a life of unrelenting drudgery and hardship. Writing about her experiences later in life, Helen Forrester shed light on an almost forgotten part of life in Britain. Written with good humour and a lack of self-pity, Forrester's memoir of these grim days is as heart-warming as it is shocking.

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I've enjoyed the stories but struggled to keep listening due to the very poor attempt by the narrator at the Liverpool accent and dialect.

awful accent but good story

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one of the best books I've ever read ... deeply moving and harrowing yet enlightening and funny sometimes too . my favourite author .

wonderful.. just wonderful

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I first read this book as a young girl and loved it. Excited to find it here on audible I purchased without preview and to my horror found it to be read with misplaced emotion in a god awful, unnecessary accent, un-befitting of the character. I could have wept had I not given up at chapter three and requested a refund. I therefore recommend this book and the authors works wholeheartedly but stay away from this ear bleeding narration.

One of my favourite books set in my home city

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Really interesting book, but I can't understand the thoice if terrible narrator..spoilt it a bit for me.

Really interesting story, but the narration...

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I’ve read all these book before and whilst I agree with the reviews that say the narration is a little vexing stick with it ...I’m on book 3 now and have really warmed to the narrator !

See through the accent !

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