{"product_id":"9781783448395","title":"Chinglish","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Cheung, Sue, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 05\/09\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 384 pages, black and white comic-style illustrations throughout,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Andersen Press Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Andersen Press Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Interest age: from c 13 years, Family \u0026amp; home stories (Children's \/ Teenage), Personal \u0026amp; social issues: racism \u0026amp; multiculturalism (Children's \/ Teenage)\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781783448395\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productInfo\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productContentWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productContent\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"strike\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDescription:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eAs heard on Radio 4's Woman's Hour and BBC Breakfast TV\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eIt is difficult trying to talk in our family cos:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003ea) Grandparents don't speak English at all\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eb) Mum hardly speaks any English\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003ec) Me, Bonny and Simon hardly speak Chinese\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003ed) Dad speaks Chinese and good English - but doesn't like talking\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eIn other words, we all have to cobble together tiny bits of English and Chinese into a rubbish new language I call 'Chinglish'. It is very awkward.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eJo Kwan is a teenager growing up in 1980s Coventry with her annoying little sister, too-cool older brother, a series of very unlucky pets and utterly bonkers parents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut unlike the other kids at her new school or her posh cousins, Jo lives above her parents' Chinese takeaway. And things can be tough - whether it's unruly customers or the snotty popular girls who bully Jo for being different. Even when she does find a BFF who actually likes Jo for herself, she still has to contend with her erratic dad's behaviour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll Jo dreams of is breaking free and forging a career as an artist. Told in diary entries and doodles, Jo's brilliantly funny observations about life, family and char siu make for a searingly honest portrayal of life on the other side of the takeaway counter.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35021339066521,"sku":"9781783448395","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781783448395.jpg?v=1594315803","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781783448395","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}