Anita and Me by Meera Syal4 of 5 stars
Very engaging story of young Indian girl in small English town in the 1960s. Anita is a trashy older girl (white) who Meena (the main character) semi-idolizes. Meena wants to be part of Anita's crowd, wants her family to fit into the bucolic English world... Pre-teen & teen angst appears to be universal!
Well written, some odd twists. I really like that Meena wasn't perfect, was sometimes downright unlikeable. A solid everyman anti-hero;) I've also read Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee by Meera Syal, a great story of 4 women.
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