A Cuppa Tea and an Aspirin

A Cuppa Tea and an Aspirin
Helen Forrester

A powerful new novel, heart-breaking but ultimately uplifting, from the author of the classic Twopence to Cross The Mersey.Life in a Liverpool tenement block during the Great Depression is a grim struggle for Martha Connelly and her poverty-stricken family, as every day renews the threat of homelessness, hunger and disease.Family warmth remains constant however, despite the misery and disquiet of the slum surroundings, and the indomitible neighbourhood puts up a relentless fight for survival.Helen Forrester’s poignant novel relays bleakness and hardships, but celebrates also the spirit of unified hope and the restorative values of the close-knit community.

A Cuppa Tea and An Aspirin

Helen Forrester

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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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For Vivien Green, with much gratitude

When the going gets tough,

the tough make tea

Anon

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#u32e5ba76-029e-5ec8-a1a8-d911a9faf302)

Title Page (#u2a4274f8-5a5a-5fd7-9ad9-d1f9e268db2b)

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Dedication (#u5fd57143-d4c0-5531-be5f-431d355bb34e)

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