{"product_id":"our-kid","title":"Our Kid","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e A STORY OF \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWARMTH, WIT AND THE SPIRIT OF A WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITY.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePERFECT for fans of TV''s \u003ci\u003eCall The Midwife\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Pursuit of Love - \u003c\/i\u003eand readers of Nadine Dorries, Nancy Revell and Anne Baker will \u003cu\u003eadore\u003c\/u\u003e the Hopkins family!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eREADERS LOVE \u003ci\u003eOUR KID\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e***** \u003c\/b\u003e''After just a few pages\u003cb\u003e gripped me\u003c\/b\u003e like pliers'' - AMAZON READER REVIEW \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e***** \u003c\/b\u003e''\u003cb\u003eBeautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e. Hard to put down. Many laughs, and touching moments'' - AMAZON READER REVIEW \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*****\u003c\/b\u003e ''Give an \u003cb\u003einsight \u003c\/b\u003einto a Northern life of a different world written with a sense of\u003cb\u003e hardship, sadness, humour \u003c\/b\u003eand real\u003cb\u003e emotion'' \u003c\/b\u003e- AMAZON READER REVIEW \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*****\u003c\/b\u003e ''I was\u003cb\u003e howling with laughter \u003c\/b\u003eone minute and in\u003cb\u003e tears\u003c\/b\u003e the next ... It''s my\u003cb\u003e favourite \u003c\/b\u003ebook''\u003cbr\u003e___________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBilly Hopkins'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Kid \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eis 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\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e''How wonderful to have a book like this... A glimpse of a lost reality'' - Manchester Evening News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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!''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat readers are saying about \u003ci\u003eOur Kid\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Billy Hopkins is \u003cb\u003ea masterful storyteller\u003c\/b\u003e who \u003cb\u003edraws you into his world\u003c\/b\u003e of a working class household coping with, and surviving, the ups and downs of life''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The characters are brilliant - \u003cb\u003eI will never ever forget this book\u003c\/b\u003e for as long as I live''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eThe best read ever\u003c\/b\u003e''\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318666994046,"sku":"NW9780755343188","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780755343188.jpg?v=1778691777","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/our-kid","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}