The Boy with the Topknot. A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton
Sanghera, Sathnam
The Boy with the Topknot. A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton - Penguin UK
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Synopsis: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.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.
9780670923090
Internal Medicine
Neurosciences ; Biological psychiatry ; Neuropsychiatry
Psychopathology
Psychoses
The Boy with the Topknot. A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton - Penguin UK
Book Monograph Part of the Health & Wellbeing book collection Part of the Reading Well Books on Prescription collection Part of the Reading Well for mental health book collection Support for carers
Synopsis: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.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.
9780670923090
Internal Medicine
Neurosciences ; Biological psychiatry ; Neuropsychiatry
Psychopathology
Psychoses