The Boy with the Topknot
A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton
Viking Adult
ePub eBook
: 29 Nov 2012
£5.99
Synopsis
"It's 1979, I'm three years old, and like all breakfast times during my youth it begins with Mum combing my hair, a ritual for which I have to sit down on the second-hand, floral-patterned settee, and lean forward, like I'm presenting myself for execution."
For Sathnam Sanghera, growing up in Wolverhampton in the eighties was a confusing business. On the one hand, these were the heady days of George Michael mix-tapes, Dallas on TV and, if he was lucky, the occasional Bounty Bar. On the other, there was his wardrobe of tartan smocks, his 30p-an-hour job at the local sewing factory and the ongoing challenge of how to tie the perfect top-knot.
And then there was his family, whose strange and often difficult behaviour he took for granted until, at the age of twenty-four, Sathnam made a discovery that changed everything he ever thought he knew about them. Equipped with breathtaking courage and a glorious sense of humour, he embarks on a journey into their extraordinary past - from his father's harsh life in rural Punjab to the steps of the Wolverhampton Tourist Office - trying to make sense of a life lived among secrets.
Published in hardback as If You Don't Know Me by Now
Product details
Format :
ePub eBook
ISBN: 9780670923090
Pages : 336
Published : 29 Nov 2012
Publisher : Viking Adult
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The Boy with the Topknot
A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton
£5.99
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