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Anita and me

by Meera Syal

GirlsFictionPanjabis (South Asian people)Medicine in LiteratureFiction, generalEngland, fiction

This novel is based on the author's own childhood, growing up in the '60s as part of the only coloured family living in a Wolverhampton mining village. As in her films, it is filled with warmth, good humour and eccentric characters.

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Book data: Open Library