{"product_id":"our-kid-isbn-9780755343188","title":"Our Kid","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e A STORY OF \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\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":"Headline","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44892362277093,"sku":"NP9780755343188","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_a0c3c67f-30b4-4dbb-ba3a-285ae4120c02.jpg?v=1773104371","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/our-kid-isbn-9780755343188","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}