![]() He has a girlfriend, Liz, but can’t bring her anywhere near the house, and even has to be careful in town, in case one of the extended network of distant relatives spots them. Manny has always felt angry and ashamed of the way his family behave. At home, he tries to do his duty to his family, and combat his dad’s alcoholic rages, but at school he just tries to keep his reputation afloat- mainly with the help of his best mate, Ady. Sixteen-year-old Manny (Manjit to his family) lives in Leicester with his parents and three brothers. It showed me differences, and opened my eyes to things I would never have known about, but mostly it is about huge, blindingly obvious similarities. This is one of the freshest, most down-to-earth books about a different culture to my own that I have ever read. ![]()
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