By The Waters of Liverpool
Author(s):
Helen Forrester, adapted by Rob Fennah
Adapted from Helen Forrester’s million-selling book, By The Waters Of Liverpool is a period drama set in the 1930s.
The story opens in 1935. Helen is sixteen years old and fighting a bitter battle with her parents for the right to educate herself and go out to work. During the Great Depression, Helen’s father lost his fortune when the stock market crashed and the family were suddenly thrown into poverty. Leaving behind the nannies, servants and comfortable middle-class life in the South West of England, the Forrester’s chose Liverpool as the place to start over.
