{"product_id":"9780141028590","title":"The Boy with the Topknot : A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Sanghera, Sathnam, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 01\/04\/2009,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 336 pages, 30 b\/w photographs integrated,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Memoirs\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780141028590\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\"It's 1979, I'm three years old, and like all breakfast times during my youth it begins with Mum combing my hair, a ritual for which I have to sit down on the second-hand, floral-patterned settee, and lean forward, like I'm presenting myself for execution.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEquipped 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36228954914969,"sku":"9780141028590","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780141028590.jpg?v=1601402678","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780141028590","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}