Anita and Me

Debut novel from Meera Syal, who wrote the screenplays to }Bhaji on the Beach{ and }My Sister Wife{. This is the story of nine-year- old Meena, an Indian girl growing up in the sixties, daughter of the only Punjabi family in the Midlands' mining village of Tollington. "}Anita and Me{ is full of pleasure. The book is expertly structured and engaging