Going Places (The Hopkins Family Saga, Book 5) by Billy Hopkins

Going Places (The Hopkins Family Saga, Book 5) by Billy Hopkins

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Summary

The much-loved author of bestsellers OUR KID, HIGH HOPES and KATE'S STORY continues his fictionalised autobiography with this tale of family life in the 1950s in Manchester and Kenya

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Going Places (The Hopkins Family Saga, Book 5) by Billy Hopkins

It's 1950, and when Laura and Billy Hopkins return to Manchester from their honeymoon, they're in seventh heaven despite the austerity that has been going on since World War II. But the euphoria gradually evaporates and they settle into a penny-pinching existence on Billy's teaching salary, as babies and bills appear with alarming regularity. When Billy spots an advertisement for Education Officers in Kenya, it sounds like the answer to all their prayers, despite worries about the Mau Mau rebellion and the omnipresence of dangerous creatures. After much family debate, Laura, Billy and the junior Hopkins set off to Nairobi on a BOAC Argonaut and start on the biggest adventure of their lives.
Billy Hopkins was born in Collyhurst in 1928 and attended schools in Manchester. He studied at the Universities of London, Manchester and Leeds and has been involved in school-teaching and teacher-training in Liverpool, Manchester, Salford and Glasgow. He also worked in African universities in Kenya, Zimbabwe and Malawi. Billy Hopkins is married with six adult children.
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ISBN 13 9780755302208
ISBN 10 0755302206
Title Going Places (The Hopkins Family Saga, Book 5)
Author Billy Hopkins
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Headline Publishing Group
Year published 2004-02-02
Number of pages 512
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.