{"product_id":"liverpool-daisy-9780007905973b","title":"Liverpool Daisy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis novel remains one of Helen Forrester’s most widely read pieces of historical fiction, set during the Great Depression in 1930s Liverpool.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiverpool 1931. Daisy Gallagher — big, tough and loving — learns to fight competition, laugh with her customers, weep in private. In a Liverpool torn by the Depression, Daisy grows to womanhood the hard way. She becomes the mainstay of her poverty-stricken family and is devoted to her friend Nellie O’Brian, who is dying for lack of medical attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaisy’s desperation for money leads her into the darkened streets — and into the arms of drunken sailors willing to pay for their relief. Through her own strength and sacrifice, she earns enough to pay for her friend’s much-needed medical care. Her family know nothing of her secret occupation — but when her stoker husband returns from the sea, Daisy realises, terror-stricken, that the moment of truth has finally arrived.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42822674382928,"sku":"9780007905973B","price":5.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780007905973-l.jpg?v=1785889013","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/liverpool-daisy-9780007905973b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}