"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. In 1940 Helen, now twenty, reeling from the news that her fiancé 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 lot 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."
I found this series of books very interesting and provided a
pretty vivid description of the poverty in England during the period between
the world wars. However I found it
pretty depressing to think this mother could behave in such a selfish manner to
her children. Many of the other books I have read for this era contained as
much poverty if not more so but none with parents who over many years just
never made any improvements and used their children so harshly.
Helen Forrester (1919 – 2011) is an English-born author
famous for her books about her early childhood in Liverpool
during the Great Depression as well as several works of fiction.
Read by Robyn S.
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