A woman like me Author Surname:Abbott A portrait of the artist

A portrait of the artist as a young woman in a Berlin that can't escape its history: an electric debut novel about the daughter of Afghan refugees and her year of nightclubs

Now is your chance to prove it

miso-glazed aubergine from Freak Scene and instructions for making the cult tandoori lamb chops from the legendary Tayyabs in London's Whitechapel

are onboard when their train slows to a brief

drinking rhubarb lemonade under the lilac tree and watching the sunset from 'her' cliff

A woman like me Author Surname:Abbott A portrait of the artistFrom challenging expectations as a bright and restless child of the Windrush generation to making history as the first elected Black female MP in the UK, Diane Abbott has seen it all. In this honest and moving memoir, Diane takes the reader through her incredible journey. She paints a vivid picture of growing up in 1960s North London with her working class Jamaican parents, before entering the hallowed halls of Cambridge University to study history.