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"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 by three drunken sailors who find her buxom figure, wrapped in a black shawl, comfortably attractive. From fear, she yields herself to them and, laughing, they pay her, and she realises how she can earn a living. Fighting competition, weeping at her own suffering, laughing with her clients, she becomes the toast of the waterfront and earns enough money to buy medical attention for her friend. She manages to hide from occupation from her family, but when her stoker husband returns from sea she realises, terror-stricken, that the moment of truth has arrived. "Three Women of Liverpool": It is the extraordinary story of three brave women, each trying in her own way to deal with the ruthless tide of destruction brought on by the air raids of the Second World War. Ellen and her family had already been bombed out; they felt they were unlikely to suffer a second time. Gwen's mind was filled with the details of keeping house for her burdensome family; she had no time to think about the war. Emmie had just become engaged to a merchant seaman and thought only of the dangers of the Battle of the Atlantic. When the air raid siren sounded on 1 May 1941, they had no idea what it presaged for them.
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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
Born in England and wife of a Professor of Theoretical Physics, Helen Forrester and her Canadian born son live in Edmonton, Alberta. Helen Forrester has travelled widely. She particularly enjoys the theatre, and walking in the countryside. She also collects fans and is a member of the International Fan Circle.
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- PublisherRobert Hale Ltd
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0709056214
- ISBN 13 9780709056218
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages608
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