{"product_id":"being-billy","title":"Being Billy","description":"\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeing Billy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is the award-winning first novel by Phil Earle.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e***\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHeroic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Phil Earle's hugely anticipated third novel is out on 24 April 2013***\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFaces flashed before my eyes.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd for every face there was a time that they had let me down.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEach punch that landed was revenge, my chance to tell them I hadn't forgotten what they did.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEight years in a care home makes Billy Finn a professional lifer. And Billy's angry - with the system, the social workers, and the mother that gave him away.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs far as Billy's concerned, he's on his own. His little brother and sister keep him going, though they can't keep him out of trouble.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut he isn't being difficult on purpose. Billy's just being Billy. He can't be anything else.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCan he?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Phil Earle writes starkly but sensitively about damaged children in this brilliant page-turning novel. It moved me to tears' - Jacqueline Wilson\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Being Billy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e was a total page-turner - authentic and gritty. Billy's voice doesn't falter . . . spiky, brave and compassionate' - Jenny Downham, author of Before I Die\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Moving and powerful, I loved it' - Sophie McKenzie\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePhil Earle was born, raised and schooled in Hull. His first job was as a care worker in a children's home, an experience that influenced the ideas behind \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeing Billy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. He then trained as a drama therapist and worked in a therapeutic community in south London, caring for traumatized and abused adolescents.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter a couple of years in the care sector, Phil chose the more sedate lifestyle of a bookseller, and now works in children's publishing. Phil lives in south-east London with his wife and children, but Hull will always be home.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Clapping Pages","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":45157778489530,"sku":"2RLAHABCX-Used","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/5576\/0826\/files\/51jQ0y8KpHL._SX322_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1758060030","url":"https:\/\/clappingpages.com\/products\/being-billy","provider":"Clapping Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}