![]() ![]() 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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