The debut novel from the award-winning screenwriter of 'Bhaji on the Beach'. The story of nine-year-old Meena, growing up in the only Punjabi family in the Black Country mining village of Tollington.

Meera Syal is a multi-award winning actor and writer; her screenplays include the films Bhaji On The Beach and My Sister-Wife, and the screen adaptations of both her novels Anita And Me and Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee. Her TV work as a performer/writer includes the iconic comedy shows The Real McCoy, Goodness Gracious Me and The Kumars At Number 42. She wrote the book of the ground-breaking musical Bombay Dreams (London's Apollo Theatre/The Broadway Theatre, New York).