Synopsis
Meera Syal journeys back to Essington in the Black Country - the mining village where she grew up. She describes how her childhood inspired the coming-of-age novel Anita and Me.
Further Information
Other Archive resources
Woman's Hour | Anita and Me Omnibus: Episode 2
Meera Syal concludes her novel about an Asian girl coping with the mix of British and Punjabi cultures in the Black Country.
Woman's Hour | Anita and Me Omnibus
Meera Syal reads her own novel about 12-year-old Meena, growing up in a Black Country village in the 1970s.