Tommy’s World

 

 Tommy’s World is published in paperback on 5th August priced £6.99

 

From the bestselling author of Our Kid and Kate’s Story comes his most heart warming work to date: the uplifting story of his father Tommy and his rise from the Collyhurst slum

 

Billy Hopkins' nostalgic novels have captured the imagination of many thousands of readers. Following the story of the Hopkins family, from his mother’s struggles in turn-of-the-century Manchester, through Billy’s own childhood in the city and his own young family’s attempts to start a new life in Africa, they’re full of warm-hearted memories of days gone by. His first novel Our Kid went on to sell over a quarter of a million copies.  The novel closely followed the author's personal story, from his birth in 1920s Manchester, through the war years and beyond. 

 

“Life, they say, is a lottery.  Being conceived, born, and then living to tell the tale are remarkable feats in themselves for anyone, anywhere, at any time.  But to achieve these things at the end of the nineteenth century in a slum district of Manchester is nothing less than miraculous”. Tommy’s World

 

Now Billy’s father Tommy takes centre stage in Tommy’s World, a warm-hearted and nostalgic novel set at the turn of the nineteenth-to-twentieth century.  Tommy Hopkins’s early years aren’t promising, suffering not only penury but a series of tragedies too.  Denied the chance of a promising career as an engineer, Tommy finds employment at Manchester’s Smithfield market and works his way up, finally catching the eye of Kate Lally – who may just be the love of this life.

 

With charm, warmth and humour, Billy Hopkins vividly evokes the tragic, and always touching story of his beloved dad.  Tommy’s World gives the reader a nostalgic glimpse of a time almost forgotten, and of people who knew how to make the best of what little they had.

BILLY HOPKINS, who is better known to his family and friends as Wilfred Hopkins, was born in Collyhurst in 1928.  A teacher for many years, Billy now lives in retirement with his wife in Southport. 

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