{"product_id":"9780755343188","title":"Our Kid (The Hopkins Family Saga) : The bestselling and completely heartwarming story of one family in 1930s Manchester...","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Hopkins, Billy \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 27\/12\/2007,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 528 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780755343188,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA STORY OF WARMTH, WIT AND THE SPIRIT OF A WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITY.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePERFECT 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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57697449378165,"sku":"9780755343188","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780755343188.jpg?v=1793097521","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.info\/products\/9780755343188","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}