A Pebble In The Throat

Growing Up Between Two Continents

by Aasmah Mir

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Pub Date 18 May 2023 | Archive Date 27 Jun 2023

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Biographies & Memoirs | Nonfiction (Adult)

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SHORTLISTED FOR SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION

'I loved this book ... incredibly moving' Reverend Richard Coles

'A treasure of a book' Fern Britton

The heart-warming memoir from the much-loved broadcaster

A Pebble in the Throat 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 Pebble in the Throat is a remarkable memoir about family, identity and finding yourself where you are.

Advance Praise

'A gorgeous book about family and identity.' - The i Paper

'I loved this book... incredibly moving' - Reverend Richard Coles

'A treasure of a book' - Fern Britton

'Full of beauty, wit and inner strength' - Samira Ahmed

'Honest and powerful' - Ian Rankin

'An exquisite memoir, revealing how the wheels of progress have turned across two generations - but how they have also got very stuck. It is at times heart-breaking and poignant but also so very funny and clever and full of small moments that you want to pause and reread.' - Fi Glover

'Young Aasmah bursts into life in this lovingly evoked portrait of a Scottish childhood, complicated by the challenge to fit in when the shade of your skin seemingly sets you apart. Exuberant warm funny and wise, just like its author.' - Mariella Frostrup

'A gorgeous book about family and identity.' - The i Paper

'I loved this book... incredibly moving' - Reverend Richard Coles

'A treasure of a book' - Fern Britton

'Full of beauty, wit and inner...