Whatever Next? by Billy Hopkins

Whatever Next? by Billy Hopkins

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Billy Hopkins is thrilled to be released from the trials and tribulations of teaching when he takes early retirement. He's just buzzing with ideas for filling his time and making a spare buck. Only one of those is likely to have the desired result on the financial front.

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Whatever Next? by Billy Hopkins

An enchantingnew episode in the fictionalised life of Billy Hopkins, with whom readers have travelled happily since his birth in 1920s Manchester, through the war years and on to the swinging sixties.BillyHopkins is thrilled to be released from the trials and tribulations of teaching when he takes early retirement. He's justbuzzing with ideas for filling his time and making a spare buck- whether it's investing in apparently fail-safe business enterprises, starting up himself as an entrepreneur specialising in doll's houses or writing up the story of his life. Only one of those is likely to have the desired result on the financial front- but Billy's hilarious descriptions of his efforts, together with lovely glimpses of his ever-expanding family, make WHATEVER NEXT! a delightful and absolutely satisfying novel, which will update on-going readers and introduce many new ones to the unique world of the Hopkins household.
Billy Hopkins was born in Collyhurst in 1928 and grew up in Manchester.He was involved in school-teaching and teacher-training in Liverpool, Manchester, Salford and Glasgow, and also worked in universities in Kenya, Zimbabwe and Malawi. He is married with six adult children.
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ISBN 13 9780755336418
ISBN 10 0755336410
Title Whatever Next?
Author Billy Hopkins
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Headline Publishing Group
Year published 2007-10-04
Number of pages 320
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.