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Journal Entry 1 by seethroughfaith from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Wednesday, July 23, 2008
 NB. Slightly different cover.
I usually buy books secondhand if I can and this one is no exception. I have set a limit of 2€ /£2 when in the UK a book (unless it is something I have really been looking for, or an author that I am mad about!) and have found charity shops and fleamarkets to be a great sources of paperbacks in English - even here in Turku, Finland. This one was £1.29 from Help the Aged
Synopsis (amazon)
When Helen Forrster's father went bankrupt in 1930 she and her six siblings were forced from comfortable middle-class life in southern England to utmost poverty in the Depression-ridden North. Her parents more or less collapsed under the strain, father spending hours in search of non-existent work, or in the dole queue, mother on the verge of a breakdown and striving to find and keep part-time jobs. The running of the household, in slum surroundings and with little food, the care of the younger children, all fell on twelve-year-old Helen. Unable to attend school, Helen's fear that she was to be trapped forever as druge and housekeeper caused her to despair at times. But she was determined to have a chance and struggled, despite her parents to gain an education.
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Journal Entry 3 by seethroughfaith from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Wednesday, April 01, 2009
This was such an interesting read and really eye-opening as to how life really was for the poor in depression-riddled cities such as Liverpool before there was anything like the Welfare State.
My heart went out to little Helen in this book - and I cheered her on at every hurdle!
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Twopence to Cross the Mersey
