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The Right Sort of Girl

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The Right Sort of Girl

By: Anita Rani
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Fizzing with her trademark energy, hilarity and charm, Countryfile's Anita Rani reads her incredible first memoir, The Right Sort of Girl.

'I'm a girl and northern and brown, didn't you know? A triple threat!'

Trying to navigate her Indian world at home and the British world outside her front door, Anita Rani was a girl who didn't ­fit in anywhere. She was always destined to stand out: from playing Mary in her otherwise all white nursery nativity to growing up in eighties Yorkshire with her Punjabi family, spending evenings in the factory her parents owned whilst trying to ­figure out how best to get rid of hair that seemed to be growing EVERYWHERE.

Anita shares the lessons she wishes her younger self could have known: 'Freedom is Complicated', 'You Will Fall in Love and Be Loved' and, most importantly, 'Your Anger is Legitimate'. How did she manage to become the powerhouse she is, whilst battling against being too white inside her home and too brown outside of it?

This story of a second-generation British Indian woman up north is also a tale of tenacity and a life lived with positivity and humour. If you have ever felt alone, different, or just not the right sort of girl, this is the book for you.

'Warm, honest and funny, filled with hope and inspiration' Nikesh Shukla
'Funny, touching, occasionally veering into beautifully controlled, quiet rage... a must-read' Viv Groskop
'Like a bloody good natter with your down-to-earth friend' Shappi Khorsandi
'A joy from start to finish' Emma Kennedy
'Empowering... I will be recommending to everyone I know' Nikita Gill Asian Creators Cultural & Regional South Asian Creators Women Inspiring Funny Feel-Good Witty Thought-Provoking Heartfelt
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As a 57 year old white woman I decided to listen to this book to expand my understanding of other peoples life experience. I had never seen Anita on TV and didn’t know who she was. I live in the UK but in Northern Ireland and so much of the otherness she spoke about resonated with me. She made me smile, laugh out loud, feel angry at more of life’s injustices and tearful. I will be recommending this to family and friends regardless if age.I loved her voice, honesty and bravery in being vulnerable. Listen to this it will be worth it! Thank you Anita x

Loved this book 💕

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I thoroughly enjoyed hearing Anita Rani’s story and her experiences of growing up. I learned so much about the cultural challenges faced by her and her family and the evidence she presented of casual and planned racism in our society today was quite shocking.
Don’t ever change lass… keep fighting and stay arsey!

Liked her before, like her even more!

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As a punjabi woman, this resonated so much with me. Beautifully told, gorgeous performance and can’t thank Anita enough for telling this story.

Incredible listen

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Highly recommend to any woman, trying to figure it all out! Honest, hilarious and extremely relatable!

Excellent listen!!

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If I could have I would have given it all 10 stars!! It is undoubtedly the best book I have listened to on Audible. Hilariously funny at times but simultaneously poignant, revealing, compassionate and informative. Anita is definitely a hero!!

Not to be missed!!

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