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Tough times for Meena, with a stay in hospital and major changes in her circle of friends. Meera Syal reads her own novel.

Tough times for Meena with a stay in hospital and major changes in her circle of friends

12-year-old Meena Kumar is an Asian girl living a fairly uneventful life in the Black Country village of Tollington near Wolverhampton in the 1970s.

She's surrounded by her loving, if slightly eccentric, Punjabi family.

But then one day she met Anita Rutter.....

Actress and comedy writer Meera Syal continues her first novel.

Abridged by Doreen Estall

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in April 1996.

6 days left to listen

15 minutes

Last on

Sat 25 Apr 2026 05:45
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