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Liverpool Miss
- Narrated by: Liane-Rose Bunce
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
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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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"The story of a young girl's courage and perseverance against adversity...warm-hearted and excellent." ( Manchester Evening News)
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- kirsty
- 14-11-22
I cant find stories like this
I've listened to all 4 of helens memoirs repeatedly as I enjoy them so much. the way she tells her story, and the narrator, so great how she tells a story. I'm struggling to find other books as captivating
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- Trish
- 02-07-21
spoiled by the narrators awful accent
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.
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- Anne Dudley
- 04-07-22
Lovely book
I love to listen to these sort of books, Ive listened to 1& 2 & I will be listening to 3 & 4. My only criticism is why Helen has to keep going back over her story, if as she hopes people will read/listen to all 4 books why does she think this nessasary. I do love the fact that Liane-Rose Bunce is reading all 4 of these books as it is most offputing if you get into a series & the narrator changes.
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- Toni L Szwarek
- 24-08-19
How I love these books!
I have listened to all 4 of Helen Forrester's memoirs more than once. I love the reader, Leanne Rose Bunce. She is supurb!
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- miss j v palin
- 16-08-20
love for Liverpool
fantastic books worth listing to all 3.
ture story of a little girl growing up in Liverpool.
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- Miss Jane
- 06-10-16
Very enjoyable, confused re: the choice of accent
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.
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- Jennyflubug
- 15-03-20
very enjoyable
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.
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- Joanne potsig
- 19-08-19
brill look into liverpool history. toutching story
loved it going to finish series. toutching in a personal concept. look into liverpool history
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- Kirsten
- 03-11-17
Why the Liverpool accent?
This should be a great audiobook, but for some reason the narrator uses a Liverpudlian accent. In addition, she speaks FAR too quickly. The combination made it unbearable - I am going to return this audiobook.
Helen did NOT have a Liverpudlian accent. It's mentioned over and over in her books that she spoke what we would consider 'RP' and was unusual for Liverpool. To have her story told in that accent is inaccurate and, frankly, stupid. Such a shame, as the story is excellent.
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