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Baby Does a Runner

The heartfelt and uplifting debut novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author, Anita Rani

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Baby Does a Runner

By: Anita Rani
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Sometimes you need to run, to find out where you really belong...

'A must read and one of my favourite books of the year.' - 5 stars, Amazon reviewer

'The author had me in stitches one minute and in tears the next.' - 5 stars, NetGalley

'I was glued to the pages from the very start' - 5 stars, NetGalley

'Rani paints such a beautiful picture of how difficult some Indian women have to find their place in the world without getting married ... a talented author who sucks you into her world' - 5 stars, NetGalley

Baby Saul has had it with just about everything. She's fed up with her job and her colleagues, her love life is permanently casual, and underpinning everything is the grief of losing her much-loved dad. Oh, and if the aunties don't stop asking her when she's going to settle down and start having babies, she might just lose it.

When she finds some love letters between her grandfather and someone who is very clearly not her grandmother, Baby realises that she needs to know more. She heads to India to do some detective work on this mysterious other woman... and to find out a bit more about herself along the way. What she doesn't bargain for is Sid, her guide (and unwilling driver) being annoyingly handsome, with a knack for asking Baby the sort of questions that force her to look at what she really wants out of life.

Follow Anita's adventures on Celebrity Race Across the World. Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Multicultural Romance Romantic Comedy South Asian Creators Comedy Heartfelt Tear-jerking Funny
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Really enjoyed this book and listening to Anita read it in the way she had written it was an added bonus.
Great storyline and definitely makes you think about partition which is overlooked here in UK history education.

Great book

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Such a warming story, full of hope and truth. A difficult subject dealt with in a compassionate way. Anita’s story telling really is delightful and soulful too. Highly recommend. Thankyou

Beautiful narrative

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I love your voice snita..a brilliant cheerfull love story which shed a light on the particia.n .histtkoricanl nightmare such a sad undertone but made addictive to listen too, baby two is absolutly needed - go baby!!!

Wonderfull and colourful read

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A lovely story. Written from Baby's perspective throughout meant I really got to know her. Made me want to understand what happened during Partition, whilst making me reflect on my life as a 40-something white, educated woman.
Really enjoyed listening to Anita.

A feel-good story that opened my eyes.

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Anita’s second book is as WoW as her first. She read the book as she wrote it. Precise accentuation. Would love to have this book be made into a movie!

Make this book into a movie

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