A Glasgow Girl: A memoir of growing up and finding your voice

Aasmah Mir's memoir, "A Glasgow Girl," is a heart-warming coming-of-age story growing up in 1970s Glasgow, navigating between two cultures. It also explores her mother's life in 1950s Pakistan to 1960s Scotland.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 25 April 2024
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

SHORTLISTED FOR SCOTLAND S NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION




I loved this book. It was incredibly moving. Reverend Richard Coles said,





"A treasure of a book." Fern Britton added,





"Full of beauty, wit, and inner strength." Samira Ahmed praised,





"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."

Weight: 274g
Dimension: 129 x 198 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781472288554