books by Helen Forrester

books by Helen Forrester

books:

Helen Forrester

Helen Forrester

HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited, 1994

A story that appeals to my heart
If you love stories that are based on humanity and the trials and triumphs of life, but most of all you just love a good read, then don't pass this book up. Helen Forrester is so perceptive to human nature, but her true talent is expressing it through her characters, ...

Liverpool Miss

Helen Forrester

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1982

Helen Forrester is an amazing writer
My Aunt suggested I read Helen Forrester's books so that I might understand more of what growing up was like for her in the 1930's of the East End of London. Although Helen's story takes place in Liverpool the stories are very similar and helped me to understand so ...

By the Waters of Liverpool
Helen Forrester

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2002

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 ...

A Cuppa Tea and an Aspirin
Helen Forrester

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2004

Lemon Tree

Helen Forrester

Harpercollins (Mm), 1992

If You Enjoy Listening To Broken Records, This Is The Book For You
Wallace Helena was born in Beirut. Her family escaped Lebanon during a Turkish rebellion. They fled to Chicago via Liverpool. After her father died, her mother fell in love with a pioneer living in the territories in Canada near Edmonton. After her mother and ...

Twopence to Cross the Mersey

Helen Forrester

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1995

Compares well with, "Angela's Ashes"
Haunting story of the great Depression in northern England from the viewpoint of a young girl. You share the hunger and bewilderment and struggle to survive. Told beautifully.

Lime Street at Two
Helen Forrester

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1986

Thursday's Child
Helen Forrester

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1999

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 ...

Minerva's stepchild

Helen Forrester

Beaufort Books, 1981

Also called Minerva's Stepchild; great book
I found this a fascinating and very well written book - quite eye-opening in its honesty and details. It's interesting to compare it with the description of life in poverty that is described in "Tea and Green Ribbons", popularized as the movie "Evelyn", and to think of ...

3-IN-1: THE LEMON TREE, THE MONEYLENDERS OF SHAHPUR, YES MAMA
HELEN FORRESTER

PARRAGON PLUS, 1995

MADAME BARBARA
HELEN FORRESTER

HARPERCOLLINS, 1999

Mourning Doves

Helen Forrester

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1996

Mourning Doves
This was a heart warming story, of war time tragedy, and a women recovering from loosing all they had ever known. The story flowed well and managed to cover many years successfully with out the reader feeling that there were still questions to answered. I especially ...