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Scotland, Pakistan, Autobiography: arts & entertainment, Memoirs
A charming dual memoir of Aasmah Mir and her mother's experiences growing up as young women in Glasgow and Pakistan.
SHORTLISTED FOR SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION
'I loved this book . . . incredibly moving' Reverend Richard Coles
'A treasure of a book' Fern Britton
'Full of beauty, wit and inner strength' Samira Ahmed
The heart-warming memoir from the much-loved broadcaster
A Glasgow Girl is the coming of age story of Aasmah Mir's childhood growing up in 1970s Glasgow. From a vivacious child to a teenage loner, Aasmah candidly shares the highs and lows of growing up between two cultures - trying to fit in at school and retreating to the safe haven of a home inhabited by her precious but distant little brother and Helen, her family's Glaswegian guardian angel.
Intricately woven into this moving memoir is the story of Aasmah's mother, as we follow her own life as a young girl in 1950s Pakistan to 1960s Scotland and beyond. Both mother and daughter fight, are defeated and triumph in different battles in this sharp and moving story. A Glasgow Girl is a remarkable memoir about family, identity and finding yourself where you are.
This book was previously titled A Pebble in the Throat.
Praise for A Pebble In The Throat: Growing Up Between Two Continents
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Aasmah has told such vivid stories about her life growing up in Glasgow in the 70s and 80s, an unfamiliar Glasgow to me, for I know so little about the experience of Pakistani origin Scots. I have sometimes wondered where her storytelling gift comes from; but I suspect, like her cooking, it has a lot to do with her mum, who wed her dad in an arranged marriage in Pakistan and three weeks later was living in Glasgow. - The Reverend Richard Coles, BBC R4
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Young Aasmah bursts into life in this lovingly evoked portrait of a Scottish childhood, complicated by the challenge to fit in when the shade of your skin seemingly sets you apart. Exuberant, warm, funny and wise, just like its author.
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