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''A brilliantly enlightening book . . . at times moving, at others ironic, full of insights and detail''
Michael Rosen

''A kaleidoscopic portrait of the UK''
Irish Times

Our names are so mundane that we barely notice them. Yet each contains countless stories of tradition and belonging - be that a legacy of colonialism or persecution, the desire to fit in, or the complex cultural inheritance from one''s parents.

In What''s in a Name?, Sheela Banerjee unravels the personal histories of friends and family through their names. And while tracing their heritage across centuries and continents - from west London to British India, and from 1960s Jamaica to pre-Revolutionary Russia - Sheela also tells the story of twentieth-century immigration to the UK.

Blending history, memoir and politics, What''s in a Name? is a celebration of Britain''s rich multiculturalism, an ode to friendship and a testament t

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''A brilliantly enlightening book . . . at times moving, at others ironic, full of insights and detail''Michael Rosen''A kaleidoscopic... Read more

    Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
    Publication Date: 1/1/2024
    ISBN13: 9781529367607, 978-1529367607
    ISBN10: 1529367603

    Non Fiction , Dictionaries, Reference & Language

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    ''A brilliantly enlightening book . . . at times moving, at others ironic, full of insights and detail''
    Michael Rosen

    ''A kaleidoscopic portrait of the UK''
    Irish Times

    Our names are so mundane that we barely notice them. Yet each contains countless stories of tradition and belonging - be that a legacy of colonialism or persecution, the desire to fit in, or the complex cultural inheritance from one''s parents.

    In What''s in a Name?, Sheela Banerjee unravels the personal histories of friends and family through their names. And while tracing their heritage across centuries and continents - from west London to British India, and from 1960s Jamaica to pre-Revolutionary Russia - Sheela also tells the story of twentieth-century immigration to the UK.

    Blending history, memoir and politics, What''s in a Name? is a celebration of Britain''s rich multiculturalism, an ode to friendship and a testament t

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