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1	The Lemon Tree more books like this by Helen Forrester add to wishlist A compelling novel of Liverpool and Canada, from the bestselling author of Liverpool Daisy, Three Women of Liverpool and Thursday's Child. For Helena Al-Khoury, life as an immigrant has been full of loneliness and despair. On the long road that has taken her from her family home in the Lebanon to the bustling port of Liverpool, the slums of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.01! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Three women of Liverpool more books like this by Helen Forrester add to wishlist Liverpool, May 1941. The worst week of the Blitz. Helen Forrester produces another moving novel set on Merseyside. An extraordinary story of three brave women, each trying in her own way to deal with the brutal tide of destruction brought on by the air raids of the Second World War. There is Ellen -- whose home is destroyed by bombs; Gwen, whose ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.80! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	By the waters of Liverpool more books like this by Helen Forrester add to wishlist The third volume in the classic story of Helen Forrester's childhood and adolescence in poverty-stricken Liverpool during the 1930s. Helen has managed to achieve a small measure of independence. At seventeen, she has fought and won two bitter battles with her parents, the first for the right to educate herself at evening classes, the second for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.34! \| first editions
4	Lime Street at two more books like this by Helen Forrester add to wishlist The fourth and final part of Helen Forrester's bestselling autobiography continues the moving story of her early poverty-stricken life with an account of the war years in Blitz-torn Liverpool 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.48! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Twopence to cross the Mersey more books like this by Helen Forrester add to wishlist The poignant account of a poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool during the 1930s, and the brilliant first volume of autobiography. A bestseller ever since it was published in February 1993. One of the most harrowing but uplifting books you will ever read. Anyone who has enjoyed the Frank McCourt books is going to be equally moved by this ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.66! \| first editions
6	Cuppa Tea and an Aspirin, a by Helen Forrester add to wishlist A powerful new novel, heart-breaking but ultimately uplifting, from the author of the classic Twopence to Cross The Mersey. Life in a Liverpool tenement block during the Great Depression is a grim struggle for Martha Connelly and her poverty-stricken family, as every day renews the threat of homelessness, hunger and disease. Family warmth remains ... see all copies from $2.53! first editions
7	Thursday's Child more books like this by Helen Forrester add to wishlist By the same author as "Twopence to Cross the Mersey" and "Yes Mama", this is the story of a troubled romance between Ajit Singh, an Indian student poised on the brink of an arranged marriage, and Peggy Delaney, a Lancashire girl beginning to live again after the heartache of the war. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
8	Liverpool Daisy more books like this by Helen Forrester add to wishlist Only depression-shrouded Liverpool could spawn a big, tough, loving character like Daisy Gallaher. Passionate in her loves and hatreds, she is the Nan of her poverty-stricken family and devoted friend of Nellie O'Brien, who is dying from lack of medical attention. She is always desperate for money. One dark night, she is cornered by three drunken ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $64.86! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Madame Barbara more books like this by Helen Forrester add to wishlist A wonderful new novel from Liverpool's best-loved author. A tale of loss and love set in post-Second World War England and France. This is the story of a young Liverpool woman widowed in the Second World War before she can know the happiness of having a family. With the blessing of her mother, with whom she runs a B&B, she goes to Normandy to see ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.78! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Liverpool Miss more books like this by Helen Forrester add to wishlist 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 fourteen-year-old Helen's personal battle is to persuade her parents to allow her to earn her own ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.69! \| first editions
11 view cover	Yes, mama more books like this by Helen Forrester add to wishlist From the author of four bestselling autobiographies and a number of equally successful novels, comes another moving tale. A triumph of innocence over hypocrisy! Alicia Woodman was born into a home that should have been filled with comfort and joy. Her mother Elizabeth was bright and vivacious, Humphrey Woodman was a prosperous businessman. But ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $76.34! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	The latchkey kid more books like this by Helen Forrester add to wishlist From the author of four bestselling autobiographies and a number of equally successful novels, comes another moving tale. Mrs Olga Stych, daughter of an immigrant Ukrainian pig farmer, has finally made it to the top of the social pyramid of Tollemarche, a small town in Canada's Bible Belt. But to get there, she has not only had to see off her ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
13 view cover	The Liverpool Basque more books like this by Helen Forrester add to wishlist Manuel Echniz is an old man, but fit enough to walk to the grave of his beloved wife Kathleen, to lay a rose on her grave. Kathleen is all that keeps him in Canada, for he doesn't feel close to his family. But wanting his family to be aware of their heritage, he writes his autobiography. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
14	Minervas Stepchild more books like this by Helen Forrester add to wishlist Relates a teenage girl's struggle to survive while helping her once wealthy family recover from the depression that has made their life in Liverpool almost unbearable. see all copies from $4.85! first editions
15 view cover	Mourning doves more books like this by Helen Forrester add to wishlist When her husband dies leaving huge business debts, Louise is catapulted from a fine Liverpool house with servants to a small, long-uninhabited cottage near Hoylake. She and her two daughters must learn to survive in an entirely new world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.61! \| first editions
16 view cover	A Cuppa Tea and an Aspirin by Helen Forrester add to wishlist see all copies from $2.53! first editions
17	An Introduction to Painting Still Life by Helen Denholm Geraldine Christy Paul Forrester Laura Wickenden Peter Graham add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.50!
18 view cover	The Moneylenders of Shahpur more books like this by Helen Forrester add to wishlist A romance set in India, this is the story of Anasuyabehn, who must choose between the wealthy money-lender selected to be her husband and her true love, a university professor who is not of her caste or religion and who shocks the community with his modern ideas. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.63! \| first editions
19	L Horreur Economique (Le Livre De Poche) by Helen Forrester add to wishlist see all copies from $36.89! new only from $36.89!
20 view cover	Thursday's Child: by Helen Forrester add to wishlist Helen Forrester's moving story of an English girl and her love affair with an Indian man. Peggy Delaney was a Lancashire girl born and bred, beginning to live again after the heartache of the war.Ajit Singh was a charming young Indian student, shortly to return to his homeland and an arranged marriage.When Peggy and Ajit fell in love, each one ... see all copies from $13.63! new only from $13.63!
21 view cover	Liverpool Daisy ; Three women of Liverpool more books like this by Helen Forrester add to wishlist "Liverpool Daisy": Only depression-shrouded Liverpool could spawn a big, tough, loving character like Daisy Gallaher. Passionate in her loves and hatreds, she is the Nan of her poverty-stricken family and devoted friend of Nellie O'Brien, who is dying from lack of medical attention. She is always desperate for money. One dark night, she is corned ... see all copies from $6.78!
22	A Cuppa Tea and an Aspirin by Helen Forrester add to wishlist see all copies from $35.88!

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