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Anita and Me
by (Narrator: Meera Syal)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: HarperCollins Audio (2002-11-04)
ISBN: 0001052276
EAN: 9780001052277
Dewy Decimal #: 813
Audio Cassette
Edition: Abridged
SKU: C110GZX
Condition: Used: Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
The prize-winning coming-of-age novel about a young Indian girl in northern England. Winner of the Betty Trask Award and finalist for the Guardian Fiction Award, Anita and Me, which has been compared to To Kill a Mockingbird, tells the story of Meena, the daughter of the only Punjabi family in the British village of Tollington. With great warmth and humor, Meera Syal brings to life a quirky, spirited 1960s mining town and creates in her protagonist what the Washington Post calls a "female Huck Finn." The novel follows nine-year-old Meena through a year spiced with pilfered sweets and money, bad words, and compulsive, yet inventive, lies. Anita and Me offers a fresh, sassy look at a childhood caught between two cultures.
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Customer Reviews
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Pretty darn good
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-05-26
I liked this one. Not the usual diaspora stuff. Though racism is a big part of it, it's not in your face. Nice characterisation, touching and vivid. Well worth the read, slow beginning but the story picks up soon and keeps you reading.
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Wonderful!!!!!!!
Rating (4)
Date: 2005-10-08
For me it was a little slow in the beginning but once I got into it I couldnt put it down! Its a wonderful novel, and although to me its not as good as Life isnt al Hahaheehee I still highly recommend this book to anyone.
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You'll like this one.
Rating  (5)
Date: 2005-04-30
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is one of my favorite books written by an author of Indian origin. Being Indian I could identify with so many aspects of the tale. Her wit, intelligence and sensitivity is prominent in this book, from beginning to end.
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Anita and Me!
Rating (5)
Date: 2004-12-27
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Oh how I enjoyed this one my dad asked me to read it and I absolutley adored this book about the Kumar's living in the 1900's or so and racism she endured. It was hilarious at SSR I would be laughing my heart out, and everyone would look at me funny. It was sad, but enjoyable. Meena is not accepted into the English world, but doesn't seem to fit in with her Indian family. You can relate if you are a kid who lies a lot trying to make your life exciting. Meena is a very enjoyable character she's smart, funny, imaginitive, creative (same thing i guess), charming, and witty. This is a book as a kid I reccomend for everyone!
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Wonderful
Rating (5)
Date: 2002-12-23
Meera has captured the character of Meena in a way that gives a wonderful account of an Indian girl growing up in England. Many works have been written on the same theme, this one however stands apart. You can feel that the author herself has had or has been a witness to many similar experiences, which she describes in the book. Overall this was a fun read. I will also recommend the reader to see a movie called "Bhaji on the beach" for which Syal is the scriptwriter.
I really thought hard and could not think of anything other than five stars.
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