Dimensions
161 x 241 x 30mm
Billy Hopkins' first novel, OUR KID, closely followed the author's personal story, from his birth in 1920s Manchester, through the war years and beyond. KATE'S STORY took us back in time to focus on his mother Kate, and was another favourite with readers. Now, it's Billy's father Tommy who takes centre stage in this warm-hearted and nostalgic novel set at the turn of the nineteenth-to-twentieth century. From his tough start in the Collyhurst slums, and despite bereavement and disappointment, Tommy takes advantage of the few breaks that come his way, finding and keeping work in difficult times, and always holding on to his sense of humour - and his many friends. Then he meets a young woman called Kate, and the future looks bright.
