NoW NHS Libraries logo

NOW Library Service



North West
Knowledge and Library Services




Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

The Boy with the Topknot. A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton

By: Publication details: Penguin UKISBN:
  • 9780670923090
Subject(s): Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Class number Status Date due Barcode
Book, Standard Loan (4 weeks) Countess of Chester NHS Library Main Shelves RC514 OFA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T07445

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.