Liverpool Daisy by Helen Forrester (English) Paperback Book

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Liverpool 1931, where Daisy Gallagher, big, tough and loving, learns to fight competition, laugh with her customers, weep in private.

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Liverpool 1931, where Daisy Gallagher, big, tough and loving, learns to fight competition, laugh with her customers, weep in private.In a Liverpool torn by the Depression, Daisy Gallagher grows to womanhood the hard way. She is the mainstay of her poverty-stricken family and the devoted friend of Nellie O'Brian, who is dying for lack of medical attention. Daisy's desperation for money leads her into the darkened streets and into the arms of drunken sailors willing to pay for their relief.Through her own strength and suffering, Daisy earns enough to pay for her friend's much needed medical attention. Her family know nothing of her occupation, but when her stoker husband returns from the sea Daisy realises, terror-stricken, that the moment of truth has finally arrived…

Author Biography

Helen Forrester was born in Hoylake, Cheshire in 1919 and was the eldest of seven children. She was the author of four phenomenally successful volumes of autobiography and many equally popular novels. Helen's memoirs recount the years of hardship that she and her family suffered in Depression-era Liverpool, the city that features prominently throughout her work.In 1950, Helen married her husband, Avadh, and moved to India, far away from her Merseyside home. They eventually settled in Alberta, Canada where she lived for almost sixty years.Helen was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Liverpool in 1988 and by the University of Alberta in 1993. There have been a number of successful stage interpretations of Twopence to Cross the Mersey, most recently in 2016 at Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre.Helen died in 2011 aged ninety-two and her writing continues to inspire readers around the world.

Review

'Enjoyable...moving. The author loves her subject and writes with conviction' Sunday Times 'A gentle book...evocative but not sentimental' Northern Echo

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Liverpool 1931, where Daisy Gallagher, big, tough and loving, learns to fight competition, laugh with her customers, weep in private. In a Liverpool torn by the Depression, Daisy Gallagher grows to womanhood the hard way. She is the mainstay of her poverty-stricken family and the devoted friend of Nellie O'Brian, who is dying for lack of medical attention. Daisy's desperation for money leads her into the darkened streets and into the arms of drunken sailors willing to pay for their relief. Through her own strength and suffering, Daisy earns enough to pay for her friend's much needed medical attention. Her family know nothing of her occupation, but when her stoker husband returns from the sea Daisy realises, terror-stricken, that the moment of truth has finally arrived...

Review Quote

Praise for Liverpool Miss: '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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* Major new jacket reissue programme * One of the very biggest selling authors on the HarperCollins list - Twopence to Cross the Mersey over 600,000 copies sold to date, average sales of her other titles 300,000+ * The queen of Liverpool sagas * Strong, human-interest story about survival in appalling conditions

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Liverpool 1931, where Daisy Gallagher, big, tough and loving, learns to fight competition, laugh with her customers, weep in private. In a Liverpool torn by the Depression, Daisy Gallagher grows to womanhood the hard way. She is the mainstay of her poverty-stricken family and the devoted friend of Nellie O'Brian, who is dying for lack of medical attention. Daisy's desperation for money leads her into the darkened streets and into the arms of drunken sailors willing to pay for their relief. Through her own strength and suffering, Daisy earns enough to pay for her friend's much needed medical attention. Her family know nothing of her occupation, but when her stoker husband returns from the sea Daisy realises, terror-stricken, that the moment of truth has finally arrived... Gold title * Major new jacket reissue programme * One of the very biggest selling authors on the HarperCollins list - Twopence to Cross the Mersey over 600,000 copies sold to date, average sales of her other titles 300,000+ * The queen of Liverpool sagas * Strong, human-interest story about survival in appalling conditions

Details ISBN0006169015 Author Helen Forrester Pages 256 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers ISBN-10 0006169015 ISBN-13 9780006169017 Format Paperback Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.914 Language English Media Book Year 2000 Publication Date 2000-04-03 UK Release Date 2000-04-03 Illustrator Jolyne Knox Edited by Javier del Barco Birth 1947 Affiliation Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice, San Diego Position Translator Qualifications Ph.D. Alternative 9780008514105 Audience General Imprint HarperCollins AU Release Date 1990-04-08 NZ Release Date 1989-12-31 We've got this

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