Babita Sharma

The Corner Shop

A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A personal story from the child of corner shop owners that explores how these tiny open-all-hours shops changed our country -- as heard on Saturday Live and a Radio 4 Book of the Week. Shortlisted for Business Book of the Year 2020: An Exceptional Book that Promotes Diversity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Murray Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 141mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781473673229
• ISBN-10: 1473673224
• Artikelnr.: 54768664

Autorenporträt

Babita Sharma is a journalist, TV presenter and news anchor for the BBC. She presents Newsday on BBC World News, covering major global news events including the Trump-Kim Summit in Singapore, the EU Referendum, the Rio Olympics and the award-winning BBC 100 Women series. Passionate about diversity and mental health issues, Babita mentors BAME journalists and also works with the charity Mind. Babita presented BBC Two's Dangerous Borders: The Story of India & Pakistan . The documentary series took Babita to the India/Pakistan border 70 years after Partition, following in the footsteps of her family who were directly affected. The Corner Shop is her first book. It follows her critically acclaimed documentary Booze, Beans & Bhajis: The Story of the Corner Shop broadcast on BBC Four, BBC News Channel and BBC World News. Babita is married and lives in London.