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The Making of Mr Hai's Daughter: Becoming British (Hardcover)

by Yasmin Hai (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Virago Press Ltd (3 April 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1844082695
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844082698
  • Product Dimensions: 22 x 14 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 285,911 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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** 'Yasmin is an absolute star, one of the most gifted people I've worked with' JON SNOW


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5.0 out of 5 stars The Outrageous Complexity of Becoming British, 13 Jun 2008
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Yasmin Hai has written a funny, honest account of growing up as an Asian girl in Britain. The sources of her particular anxieties are conveyed as tiny, vivid snippets of life that are described with the exquisite precision and clarity of a Vermeer painting. We are direct witnesses to the Hai family's project of "becoming British" and feel the heady mix of pride and shame, acceptance and rejection and rebellion and family-inflicted guilt that are an inescapable part of this process. By the end of the book, we feel that our thoughtful young protagonist is finally making her way through the outrageous complexities of British society through a combination of intelligence, wit and a strong sense of humor. This book is highly recommended!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars humorous and moving, 13 April 2008
A compelling read for me.
As a half-Indian born in Britain, I can connect the people and their attitudes in the book to ones I have also experienced; from Yasmin's father's with overzealous aspirations to embrace what he thought was Britishness, to the obedient wife, and also the second generation British who start to reject their parents modern western attitudes.
These themes are not reserved solely for the British Desi population, these themes will be found in all migrant cultures (with the exception of most Brits retiring to the Costa Blanca), and so I hope that the book will be embraced by a wide audience.
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