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The Girl From Hockley: Growing up in working class Birmingham [Paperback]

Kathleen Dayus (Author)
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  • Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Virago (21 Aug 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1844083020
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844083022
  • Product Dimensions: 2.9 x 12.7 x 20.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 68,944 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'An evocation of a vanished world as vivid, moving and spiced with humour as any I have read' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Written without nostalgia, sentimentality or self pity, but with humour, simplicity, colour' MARY CHAMBERLAIN 'It is a privilege to share her life' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

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A new edition of a wonderful Birmingham working-class childhood. As memorable as William Woodruff's Nab End series.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was BBC Radio 4's book of the week recently, and I began listening to the first episode just as I was about to leave the house, but was so gripped I stayed until the reading was over. I missed the next day's installment, and the next, so ended up buying the book instead. I'm really glad I did: Kathleen Dayus wrote her life story so simply, yet with an extraordinary and, presumably, entirely instinctive emotional directness. This is no mere 'We had it tough' memoir, but a real work of art; here is an entire life, and a sensibility, caught on the page. Unique and unforgettable.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
The Girl from Hockley 23 Feb 2010
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The most fabulous book I have read, cannot put the book down.
I would be grateful if you could let me know of a similar book I could purchase. Set in Birmingham in the early 1900's.
Amazon you do a great service.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Brilliant 13 Sep 2009
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I have all Kathleen Dayus's books, they are absolutely brilliant, even more so if your Family Roots are in Birmingham.
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Grim and unremitting...
Dayus' recollections of a poverty stricken and tragedy riddled life are an unmitigated misery. There are, to be sure, some attempts at gallows humour from the cast of victims... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Dr. G. SPORTON
The Girl from Hockley.
I ordered this book by Katherine Dayus, as she was my Great Aunt, and I wanted to see if aNymore facts were mentioned, as in the first three books she wrote. Read more
Published 6 months ago by NAP
another great story
as a brummie who is interested in social history I love these books as they bring history to life and take me back to places that I remember from my childhood.
Published 7 months ago by Susie Q
The Girl from Hockley
This is one of the best books I have read. Kathleen Dayus gives a vivid picture of her life being born in 1903 in a very poor area of Birmingham. Read more
Published on 12 Feb 2010 by N. Alderson
Enjoyed early on but.........
I did enjoy the early part of this book, reading of the grim conditions that fellow Brummies went through at the time. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2010 by Paul Edgerton
Strett49
A lovely book - nice and easy reading with a look back in time.
Published on 6 Nov 2009 by Stret
Excellent "dramatisation"
I have just finished this book and could not put it down.

The style of writing, from the outset, conjoured up a vivid picture of life at that time. Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2009 by jomajo
very interesting
I found this book really interesting as it was written about a place that I know, I wasn't born there, but I was brought up on the outskirts of Birmingham, and could really relate... Read more
Published on 4 Aug 2009 by J. Hall-wood
The Girl from Hockley
Bought this after revisiting Birmingham for the first time in nearly twenty years. I'd just started to research my family history and thought it would be a bit of inspiration as it... Read more
Published on 9 July 2009 by Dave
Enjoyable book
I really enjoy real life stories like this giving you an insite into real history and how life really was. This was a very enjoyable book. Read more
Published on 4 Dec 2008 by judyprm
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