Kicking Off

Author:   Mike Padgett
Publisher:   Gritstone Publishing
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9781913625160


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   10 July 2025
Format:   Paperback
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Mike Padgett's new novel is set in a former mining town in the north of England. It is a story of a football match between a women's team of young care workers and a pub team of middle-aged men, back together after 30 years. Sparks fly as the two sides prepare for the challenge. Brian, a middle aged widowed joiner, thought his footballing and romancing days were long gone. But when Jean, supervisor at the dementia care home looking after his dad, challenges him to put his old pub side back together and play her team of young women care workers, he discovers the game is not over yet. Women v men; past v present; caring v uncaring; tolerance v racism; fairness v sexism; blame v forgiveness. It is a big match. Mike Padgett is the author of two books: As Far As We Can, a travel memoir ('It fair rattles along' - Ian Clayton) and SCRAP, a novel ('Authenticity accomplished with aplomb' - Ian McMillan).

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Author:   Mike Padgett
Publisher:   Gritstone Publishing
Imprint:   Gritstone Publishing
ISBN:  

9781913625160


ISBN 10:   1913625168
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   10 July 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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