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The boy with the topknot (Record no. 42829)

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ISBN 9780141028590
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Classification number WM 100
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Personal author Sanghera, Sathnam
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Title The boy with the topknot
260 ## - PUBLICATION INFORMATION
Place of publication London :
Publisher Penguin,
Date 2008
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Physical description x,326p
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Abstract "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."<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.
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Subject term Biography
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Subject term Great Britain -- Social life and customs
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          CEME Library (NELFT) CEME Library (NELFT) Shelves 20/04/2022         WM203 NE10064 20/04/2022     20/04/2022 Book
    National Library of Medicine     Croydon Health Services Library Croydon Health Services Library Shelves 21/08/2018         WM 205 SAN CR0000009078 06/06/2022     06/06/2022 Book
  Lost and Paid For National Library of Medicine     Hirson Library (St Helier) Hirson Library (St Helier) Shelves 20/04/2022     2 2 WM 220 042126 23/11/2023 23/11/2023   20/04/2022 Book
          Newham Library (Barts Health) Newham Library (Barts Health) Shelves 20/04/2022         WM 203 SAN N05037 20/04/2022     20/04/2022 Book
          Sally Howell Library (Epsom) Sally Howell Library (Epsom) Shelves 20/04/2022         WM 220 012823 20/04/2022     20/04/2022 Book
    National Library of Medicine     Stenhouse Library (Kingston Hospital) Stenhouse Library (Kingston Hospital) Fiction Collection 29/11/2021 Donated by Kingston Libraries 9.99 4 2 PZ SAN ST00084 29/11/2023 10/10/2023 9.99 29/11/2021 Book
          Whipps Cross Library (Barts Health) Whipps Cross Library (Barts Health) Shelves 20/04/2022     3 1 WM 203 SAN T06748 11/10/2023 11/10/2023   20/04/2022 Book
          Whittington Health Library Whittington Health Library Shelves 28/06/2018         WELLBEING ROOM COLLECTION - RW SAN 00010359 06/06/2022     06/06/2022 Book
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