Book description
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 Alicia was not Humphrey's
child and he would have nothing to do with her, and before long
Elizabeth, too, turned her back on her daughter.
It was left to Polly Ford, widow of a dock labourer, to bring Alicia
up, to teach her to say 'Yes, Mama' and to give the child the love she
so desperately needed. In a hypocritical society full of thin-lipped
disapproval, Alicia would learn that the human spirit can soar over
adversity and that, though blood may be thicker than water, love is the
most powerful relationship of all… 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 Cheshire, Helen Forrester, the eldest
of seven children, made her home in Liverpool until emigrating to
Canada. She is the author of four bestselling volumes of autobiography
and a number of equally successful novels.
