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'A heartwarming follow up to OUR KID' (Books Magazine )
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It's September 1945 and Billy Hopkins is off to London to train as a teacher, with only ten bob in his pocket. Despite his dad's gloomy warnings that he'll pick up bad ways from the toffs down South, Billy survives two years in the Big City, and returns to take up his first teaching job in Manchester - on £300 a year! The catch is his first class, Senior Four, who bitterly resent the raising of the school leaving age, and are all set to take it out on their teacher - luckily the kid from Collyhurst has some tricks up his sleeve. And then Billy meets the beautiful Laura. But is she, as his dad says, 'too good for the likes of us'?
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this book in three sittings and found it a moving and sometimes hilarious read. Billy encaptures all that is human in us all, the survivor, the one who makes mistakes and bounces back. it is true life with all the ups and downs that go with it and is one of the best books I've read in ages.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having read Our Kid in the space of 2 days, I was delighted to find High Hopes on the shelf of my local book store (sorry amazon!). This a great sequel to the wonderfully detailed images of billy's childhood in Our Kid. The author has a flair for creating such vivid images of the time and captures the naivety of the old-fashioned courtship. Having lived in Manchester for 9 years I know the districts he writes about, and it is so interesting to see how these places have obviously changed from the days of Billys young life. I can't wait for the next installment from the author!
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
High Hopes is the follow up to the highly claimed first novel, Our Kid (fact/fiction), written by the retired teacher Billy Hopkins. Having survived the war an 18 year old Billy and his mates take to London to teacher training college, the bright lights and all that their rationing books will allow. This book tells their story, including Billy's first year at school and his courtship of his future wife Laura Mackenzie. Written like a grandad telling his grandkids the story in front of a blazing fire this book is full of charm, old style values, old style humour and it is written with a warmth that today's society sadly lacks. Refreshing, a fast read and as I said, a tale full of charm.
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Excellent books written with feeling you become part of which ever book of Billys thatyou read every one a gem
Published 1 month ago by Brenda
high hopes
it was a fantastic book i could not put it down until i finished it, there was so much in it it kept you on edge will read it again
Published 20 months ago by mags
High hopes
The wife loves all of these typres of book, Billy Hopes tells it like to was
Published on 20 Jun 2009 by Mr. I. D. Rhodes
Undemanding warmth
Hopkins has produced again with High Hopes a book that is undemanding to read, yet a book that makes you content when you read it. His warmth shines through in his writing. Read more
Published on 22 Dec 2008 by Bismaquer
self-indulgent parody
Billy Hopkin's first book - Our Kid - was a wonderfully written and funny story about a kid who survives despite everything that life throws at him. Read more
Published on 17 Jun 2001 by catherine.munro@psion.net
A heartwarming read
If you enjoyed the author's first book, "Our Kid", you won't be disappointed by this sequel. Read more
Published on 10 May 2001
A big disappointment.
Well, since it deals with a time and place that are both familiar to me, high hopes are what I brought to the reading of this, but I found it a big disappointment. Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2001 by Mr J MITCHELL
READ THIS NOW !
I wrote a review praising Our Kid and couldn't wait for High Hopes. If you want to read a book with a 200% feel good factor this is it. Tears, Laughter and brilliantly written. Read more
Published on 6 Oct 2000
An excellent read but best not to start at bedtime!
I found this book to be as annoying as the fourth Harry Potter inasmuch as I found it hard to put down. Read more
Published on 27 Sep 2000
Entertaining. A really good read
I read this book over the weekend and think it is definitely a great follow up to Our Kid which I also enjoyed. When's the next one?L
Published on 13 Aug 2000
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