Our Kid (The Hopkins Family Saga) (häftad, eng)
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A STORY OF WARMTH, WIT AND THE SPIRIT OF A WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITY.
PERFECT for fans of TV''s Call The Midwife and The Pursuit of Love - and readers of Nadine Dorries, Nancy Revell and Anne Baker will adore the Hopkins family!
READERS LOVE OUR KID!
***** ''After just a few pages gripped me like pliers'' - AMAZON READER REVIEW
***** ''Beautifully writtenHard to put down. Many laughs, and touching moments'' - AMAZON READER REVIEW
***** ''Give an insight into a Northern life of a different world written with a sense of hardship, sadness, humour and real emotion'' - AMAZON READER REVIEW
***** ''I was howling with laughter one minute and in tears the next ..It''s my favourite book''
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Billy Hopkins'' Our Kid is a warm-hearted and nostalgic tale of a boy''s life: from the 1920s Manchester slums, through tough times as an evacuee during World War II, to the challenges of the post-war world for a hard-up family.
''How wonderful to have a book like this..A glimpse of a lost reality'' - Manchester Evening News
It was on a Sunday night in 1928 that Billy Hopkins made his first appearance. Billy''s tenement home on the outskirts of Manchester would be considered a slum today, but he lived there happily with his large Catholic family, hatching money-making schemes with his many friends.
When war came, and the Luftwaffe dominated the night sky, Billy was evacuated to BlackpoolThere he lived on a starvation diet while his own rations went to feed his landlady''s children - ''I might as well be in Strangeways!''
But even the cruel blows that were to be dealt to the family on his return to Manchester would not destroy Billy''s fighting spirit - or his sense of humour.
What readers are saying about Our Kid:
''Billy Hopkins is a masterful storyteller who draws you into his world of a working class household coping with, and surviving, the ups and downs of life''
''The characters are brilliant - I will never ever forget this book for as long as I live''
''The best read ever''
| Format | Häftad |
| Omfång | 528 sidor |
| Språk | Engelska |
| Förlag | Headline Publishing Group |
| Utgivningsdatum | 2007-12-27 |
| ISBN | 9780755343188 |
Artikelnummer
3209576
EAN
9780755343188
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