INTRO
1mins30s - Paperback coming out, being shortlisted for Awards...and writing as the solitary profession.
2mins30s - Delighted by the response 'from such a wide demographic'
4mins - what was the original idea for the book? Multi dimensional approach...from extensive notes and memories taken during the Covid lockdown.
6mins30s - ...feeling very torn on identity growing up in rural South Wales, but also proud of being Welsh.
7mins30s - Helping out in the Takeaway as a teenager, reflecting on childhood and testing recipes with Mum...'an incredibly obsessive cook'.
11mins - 'Wanting to celebrate Hospitality businesses'...memories of a Scottish childhood from Sam.
13mins - Angela's Parents' reactions to her book? "Incredibly proud...but they'll never say the 'P' word."
14mins - Book launch in Hackney Community Centre, why it meant so much to host it there.
16mins - Extract one from the book: quotes from readers, and steamed seabass with ginger and spring onion.
18mins45s - How the book helped Angela understand her own identity with the passing of time.
19mins30s - Regrets over the language barrier, and wishing to know her parents at a deeper level.
22mins - Speaking to her brothers many years on, about how she felt, their responsibilities, and the challenges of working in the takeaway as a young, vulnerable girl...
26mins - Growing Shark Fin Melons...Angela's Mum and her make-shift garden in Wales - why it was so poignant.
28mins54s - 'she grew up in the cultural revolution...she didn't have an education...'
30mins - The health benefits of Chinese soups - 'this soup will cure your asthma!'
32mins - How Chinese families 'soldiered on...not really kicking up a fuss...' - and the cultural dynamic of not wanting to draw attention to themselves.
