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Minerva's Stepchild by Forrester, Helen is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Minerva's Stepchild about?

One moment Helen was the petted eldest child of wealthy, privileged parents, disciplined and coddled by servants, dressed in silk for "best" and prim private school uniforms for "everyday." the next, she was the unpaid, half-starved housekeeper for an unemployed clerk and his harridan wife--her father and mother. Here she tells the story of her desperate girlhood during that grim period known as the Depression. At twelve, she was plunged overnight into the most appaling poverty, plumped down in the noisome slums of South Liverpool, and forced by circumstance to be nursemaid to her youngest brother and sister, and cook-housekeeper for her sick and frantic parents. It was accepted that Helen, the oldest, would grow up to be the old-maid sister, uneducated and unskilled, forever in service to the family. How she rebelled and won her way, step by aching step, to a life of her own is the theme of this powerful autobiography. In the course of relating her own struggles and setbacks, she gives a piercingly frank picture of privation at its most grim, seen--as few writers have been able to see it--from within and in contrast to the earlier life she had led. The title of the book is derived

Who reads Minerva's Stepchild?

Author

Forrester, Helen

Publisher

New York: Beaufort Books

Published

1981

Language

EN

ISBN

9780825300172

Category

history

Subjects

History, Biography, Computer Science

Rating

4.4 / 5 (838 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14