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The Right Sort of Girl
- Author
- Anita Rani
- Narrator
- Anita Rani
- Publisher
- Blink Publishing
- Publish Date
- 8 July 2021
- Run Time
- 9 hours 33 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Rating
- 5.0 (2 reviews)
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Fizzing with her trademark energy, hilarity and charm, Countryfile's Anita Rani reads her incredible first memoir, The Right Sort of Girl.
'I'm a girl and northern and brown, didn't you know? A triple threat!'
Trying to navigate her Indian world at home and the British world outside her front door, Anita Rani was a girl who didn't fit in anywhere. She was always destined to stand out: from playing Mary in her otherwise all white nursery nativity to growing up in eighties Yorkshire with her Punjabi family, spending evenings in the factory her parents owned whilst trying to figure out how best to get rid of hair that seemed to be growing EVERYWHERE.
Anita shares the lessons she wishes her younger self could have known: 'Freedom is Complicated', 'You Will Fall in Love and Be Loved' and, most importantly, 'Your Anger is Legitimate'. How did she manage to become the powerhouse she is, whilst battling against being too white inside her home and too brown outside of it?
This story of a second-generation British Indian woman up north is also a tale of tenacity and a life lived with positivity and humour. If you have ever felt alone, different, or just not the right sort of girl, this is the book for you.
'Warm, honest and funny, filled with hope and inspiration' Nikesh Shukla
'Funny, touching, occasionally veering into beautifully controlled, quiet rage... a must-read' Viv Groskop
'Like a bloody good natter with your down-to-earth friend' Shappi Khorsandi
'A joy from start to finish' Emma Kennedy
'Empowering... I will be recommending to everyone I know' Nikita Gill
User Reviews
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Narration 5.0
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Such a wonderfully passionate account of an inspiring woman's life so far. Really emotionally spoken - am going on to find more of Anita's work, based on listening to this book.
alicetilda 2024-09-01
Details
- Author
- Anita Rani
- Narrator
- Anita Rani
- Duration
- 9 hours 33 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 July 2021
- ISBN
- 9781788704267
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- Blink Publishing
- Genre
- Memoirs, Autobiography: arts and entertainment
- Rating
- 5.0(2 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(2 reviews)
Synopsis
Anita's debut novel Baby Does a Runner is available to pre-order now - coming July 2023!Fizzing with her trademark energy, hilarity and charm, Countryfile's Anita Rani reads her incredible first memoir, The Right Sort of Girl. 'I'm a girl and northern and brown, didn't you know? A triple threat!'Trying to navigate her Indian world at home and the British world outside her front door, Anita Rani was a girl who didn't fit in anywhere. She was always destined to stand out: from playing Mary in her otherwise all white nursery nativity to growing up in eighties Yorkshire with her Punjabi family, spending evenings in the factory her parents owned whilst trying to figure out how best to get rid of hair that seemed to be growing EVERYWHERE.Anita shares the lessons she wishes her younger self could have known: 'Freedom is Complicated', 'You Will Fall in Love and Be Loved' and, most importantly, 'Your Anger is Legitimate'. How did she manage to become the powerhouse she is, whilst battling against being too white inside her home and too brown outside of it?This story of a second-generation British Indian woman up north is also a tale of tenacity and a life lived with positivity and humour. If you have ever felt alone, different, or just not the right sort of girl, this is the book for you.'Warm, honest and funny, filled with hope and inspiration' Nikesh Shukla'Funny, touching, occasionally veering into beautifully controlled, quiet rage... a must-read' Viv Groskop'Like a bloody good natter with your down-to-earth friend' Shappi Khorsandi'A joy from start to finish' Emma Kennedy'Empowering... I will be recommending to everyone I know' Nikita Gill
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