Our Kid (The Hopkins Family Saga): The bestselling and completely heartwarming story of one family in 1930s Manchester...

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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, All Creatures Great and Small 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 written. Hard 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'___________________________________________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 NewsIt 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 Blackpool. There 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'
Copyright:
1996

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
528 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780755372348
Related ISBNs:
9780755343188
Publisher:
Headline
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Wilfred Hopkins
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Military, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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