So, as soon as Patrice Lawrence appears on my screen for a conversation with me, the first thing I say after hello is “I read your book and loved it.” We start making small talk about our links to Hackney and I tell her that, like her protagonist, I also grew up in east London, with all my weekends as a teenager being spent helping out at my dad’s bright yellow, bustling supermarket on Mare Street in Hackney. When something you read in the past remains with you years on, that’s saying something about the author’s power with words! Recently, I stumbled on the golden chance to meet an author whose book, Orangeboy, I’d enjoyed with my sons a few years back. My Worlds, My Words With Patrice Lawrenceįarzana Hakim explores why staying true to both matters.
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