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"A finalist for England's Guardian Fiction Award, Anita and Me describes with the leisurely pace of a 19th-century narrative a very 20th-century multicultural relationship between two headstrong girls.... The reader must search patiently through ... bustling verbiage for the quieter, more subtle revelations about Meena and her family." --The New York Times Book Review, James Wilcox
"A finalist for England's Guardian Fiction Award, Anita and Me describes with the leisurely pace of a 19th-century narrative a very 20th-century multicultural relationship between two headstrong girls.... The reader must search patiently through ... bustling verbiage for the quieter, more subtle revelations about Meena and her family." -- The New York Times Book Review, James Wilcox
"A rich portrayal of the beauties and betrayals of girlhood friendship." -- Long Island Newsday
"A well-observed comedy about the clash of two cultures. . . Syal has put her comic talents to good use." -- The Times [London]
"A witty, original account of the trials and tribulations of growing up." -- San Francisco Review of Books
"Delightful and illuminating." -- Women's Review of Books
"Humorous and quirky. Syal has a gift of comedy that she uses to weave this delightful story." -- Library Journal starred review
Anita and Me
paperback
$15.95
The prize-winning coming-of-age novel about a young Indian girl in northern England.
"A beautifully specific portrait. . . [of] people touched by the turbulence of the times." -- The Observer
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.
Meera Syal, a British-born Indian, is an actress whose television, theater, and film credits include the screenplay for Bhaji on the Beach.
Fiction
Spring 1999
paperback
5 1/2 x 8 1/4, 336 pages
978-1-56584-529-9
Spring 1999
paperback
5 1/2 x 8 1/4, 336 pages
978-1-56584-529-9
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