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Vigilauntie

A Memoir - Innit?
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Vigilauntie

De : Meera Syal
Lu par : Meera Syal
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Structured around those chance remarks that somehow end up changing the course of a life, this is the heartwarming story of multi-award winning writer, actor and comic, Meera Syal.

From 'don't sit with your legs apart!' (the despairing cry of Meera's mother and aunties) to 'an Asian comedy show? Are Asians funny?' (the depressing response to the idea that would become Goodness Gracious Me), each chapter reveals a different turning point in Meera's journey - from the serious to the ridiculous.

With her trademark warmth and humour, she shares stories from her grandfather's attempts to arrange her marriage, 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. Syal also delves into her parents' past, revealing lives deeply affected by the partition of India in 1947 and how that legacy has affected so many of her generation. Touching, compelling and very, very funny, this book shows us the stories that have shaped the life of one of Britain's best-loved comedy legends.©2026 Meera Syal (P)2026 Orion Publishing Group Limited Arts du spectacle Femmes
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Commentaires

I can't remember the last memoir I enjoyed so much. Hilarious, heartbreaking and inspiring, it is a fearless celebration of finding your voice, breaking the rules, and being liberated to sit, unapologetically, with your legs apart (SATHNAM SANGHERA)
What a funny, fearless and fascinating story Meera has to tell. I wish I'd been surrounded by a posse of hilarious aunties. This memoir is shot through with wit, intriguing stories and personal history, an absolute joy to read (JO BRAND)
Like a cup of Kashmiri chai, Meera's story is steeped in tradition, resilience, dashed with magic and makes you feel warm all over (RICHARD E GRANT)
Meera is the reason I was ever able to imagine myself in comedy. A sharp, unbeatable, timeless wit (JAMEELA JAMIL)
Meera Syal has always known that comedy is the sharpest tool in the drawer. Vigilauntie is the book she was born to write - funny, fierce, and full of the stories that made her. It earns its place alongside Anita and Me as an essential chapter in her extraordinary life's work. Read it. Love it. Cry and laugh (ANITA ANAND)
Memoir, history lesson, and delight. Queen of comedy, queen of memoirs - is there nothing Meera Syal can't do? (CAITLIN MORAN)
An honest witty and compelling memoir from one of the UK's most honest, witty and compelling women (EMMA FREUD)
Meera Syal, one of our most celebrated actors, is also one of our most gifted story tellers. This book is a love letter to those Aunties that forged her . . . In Vigilauntie she has taken the memoir form and made it all her own; poignant, puckish and devastatingly funny, this is refreshing as it is nourishing to read (MONA ARSHI)
I adore this book. My heart feels full . . . Vigilauntie is a thing of beauty that I will keep turning over in my mind for quite some time to come. An erudite tumble of vivid, life affirming memory that weaves its magic around the soul (ABI MORGAN)
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