{"product_id":"vigilauntie","title":"Vigilauntie","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Meera Syal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeera Syal is one of Britain's best loved comedy legends. Now, for the first time, she tells her story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeera recounts those chance remarks that have changed the course of her life - everything from 'don't sit with your legs apart!' (the despairing cry of Meera's aunties) to 'an Asian comedy show? Are Asians funny?' (the depressing response to the idea that would become \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGoodness Gracious Me\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith her trademark warmth and humour, she shares stories from growing up as the only brown girl in her beloved Midlands town, to her grandfather's attempts to arrange her marriage; from to her working life as an actress and writer, to her journey to motherhood and the changing attitudes towards women she has experienced over her career.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeera's story is also the story of a changing Britain - revealing lives deeply affected by the partition of India in 1947 and the reverberations of history into the present.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVigilauntie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a memoir with heart: touching, compelling and very, very funny.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Radio Times Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67866964001047,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0060\/1505\/7989\/files\/syal.jpg?v=1792486552","url":"https:\/\/rtshop.radiotimes.com\/products\/vigilauntie","provider":"Radio Times Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}