For my secret Santa partner.

Hope you enjoy the book.

Thank you so much for the wonderful Secret Santa parcel! I felt very lucky to receive so many lovely things. Merry Christmas!

It's a few years since I last watched the film version of this, but reading the play makes me want to watch it again I love the story and the characters. It was really interesting to see that the actors who were in the film were also in the play before they became more famous. Thanks very much for sending me this one pinkoeria. I've spotted it on another wishlist so hope to pass it on soon.

Set free at the old gang meet up. Happy reading!

Picked up at Old Gang Meetup - I've not read a play before and this was a favourite film of mine (think I actually have a dvd of it somewhere) so will give it a whirl. If nothing else it will be a quick read to push my stats up later in the year ;-) Thank you!

East is East by Ayub Khan-Din - Good

This is in script format and follows the stage play/film as far as I remember.

It's 1970 in Salford and the Khan's are a mixed race family. Pakistani father, English mother, 5 sons, 1 daughter and a chip shop! The children range in age from 12 to 23 and each is going through a personal battle whether that be against an arranged marriage, hiding studying art not engineering, avoiding working in the shop. All the things you would expect from the times, area and from children rebelling against their parents, mixed race or not!

An amusing play with some serious undertones that was spun out into an excellent film (as I remember it) that also launched the acting careers of a number of tv household names.

This reminded me of growing up in the north west albeit a different mix of nationalities and a different type of shop although I wasn't so keen on reading it in script format. Still it was a nice quick and amusing read to go alongside the more weighty tome I was struggling through.

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Although this book is registered at www.bookcrossing.com, you don't have to be a member. It's perfectly OK to just take the book and enjoy it. Of course, if you can visit the website and let us know that you've picked it up, that would be even better - you don't even have to join, you can add your comments anonymously - you can also post your review when you've read it, then return it or pass it on to someone else.

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