{"product_id":"books-pompey-lad-by-george-east","title":"Pompey Lad","description":"Growing Pains is the second book in a series of memoirs about growing up in the city of Portsmouth after World War Two. We join George in 1954, when Roger Bannister breaks the four-minute mile barrier, meat comes off rationing, and the big musical hits of the year include I saw Mummy kissing Santa Claus by the Beverley Sisters and Norman Wisdom's Don't Laugh at me 'cos I'm a Fool. Times are changing, but the country's leading naval port is still struggling to recover from the death and destruction brought about by wartime bombing.; The story of the pains and pleasures of coming of age in Portsmouth or any city as the Swinging Sixties loom and teenagers are invented makes for a sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious and always entertaining read.; A truly honest account of a young man's life, his struggles with adolescence and keeping up the appearance of being tough.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53505457226001,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781908747808.jpg?v=1778097264","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-pompey-lad-by-george-east","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}