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Liverpool Miss

By: Helen Forrester
Narrated by: Liane-Rose Bunce
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About this listen

The second volume of Helen Forrester's powerful, painful and ultimately uplifting four-volume autobiography of her poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool during the Depression.

The Forrester family are slowly winning their fight for survival. But 14-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 while she cared for her six younger brothers and sisters. Her untiring struggles against illness caused by severe malnutrition and dirt (she has her first bath in four years) and, above all, the selfish demands of her parents make this a story of amazing courage and perseverance.

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Critic reviews

"Records of hardship during the Thirties or earlier are not rare; but this has features that make it stand apart." ( Observer
"The story of a young girl's courage and perseverance against adversity...warm-hearted and excellent." ( Manchester Evening News)
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I have listened to all 4 of Helen Forrester's memoirs more than once. I love the reader, Leanne Rose Bunce. She is supurb!

How I love these books!

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Having read Helen Forrester's autobiographies a number of times I was very pleased to find them on audible. They were read very well, with spirit and I have continued to listen to the series. I am however, a little confused as to the choice of a liverpuddlian accent for Helen (and Alan) for that matter as the books are quiet clear that their "cultured" Oxford accents set them apart from those around them when their father chose to take them to the city of his childhood. Aside from this a most enjoyable listening experience.

Very enjoyable, confused re: the choice of accent

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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.

spoiled by the narrators awful accent

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fantastic books worth listing to all 3.
ture story of a little girl growing up in Liverpool.

love for Liverpool

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once again another great book, hooked from beginning to end. Maureen Lee is a brilliant writer and her biography is just as good as her stories.

very enjoyable

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