A Pebble In The Throat captures life from the lens of a little girl, teenage loner, and grown-up student leaving the safety of home – a witness, sitting on the edge of two cultures, describing what it means to be striving for acceptance in one whilst attempting to fulfil expectations in the other. It will capture the essence of life as a Pakistani in Glasgow and bring vividly to life the one character who shaped her childhood – her mother – who gave her the confidence to seize life and find her voice. Bamgbose BO, Ruprecht A, Hellstein J, Timmons S, Qian F. The prevalence of tonsilloliths and other soft tissue calcifications in patients attending Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Clinic of the University of Iowa. ISRN Dent. 2014;2014:839635. doi:10.1155/2014/839635 In most people, symptoms will get better following these self-help tips. However, for some people symptoms can recur off and on for several months. When to see your GP Globus can be caused by many things, such as an increased tension of muscles or irritation in the throat.

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Occasionally the sporadic jumps through time feels a little disorientating, but on the whole it's effective in telling a linear story. There's a fair amount of conflict at play (between people, between cultures), and the stucture is important in guiding the reader along a journey towards understanding and conciliation. Scotland’s Lascar Heritage by Isobel McDonald, Malini Chakrabarty, Emily Malcolm, David Featherstone, Emily Munro, Hasaam Latif, Derek Law, Kulsum Shabbir, Sarwar Hassan, Tareq Abdullah, Aqsa Arif, Aaron Jaffer (Glasgow Museums Publishing) If you think you might be stressed, try to relax in a way that is doable for you and your situation. Breathing and relaxation exercises can sometimes help, but if you feel you need further help with managing stress, your GP can discuss this with you.The winners of all six prizes, as well as the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year, The Lifetime Achievement Award, The Ross Roy Medal and three industry awards, will be announced at a ceremony in Glasgow on 7th December 2023. They will each receive an award by artist Simon Baker of Evergreen Studios. A Pebble In The Throat is two stories told in unison. Aasmah Mir growing up in Glasgow – the place of her birth – and the upbringing of her mother in Pakistan a generation before. It is an emotional and thought-provoking narrative on what it is like to live in two very different cultures whilst all the time aware of racism, prejudice and stereotyping of gender from the 1960s onwards.

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Singh P, Patil PM, Sawhney H, Patil SP, Mishra M. Giant tonsillolith: A rare oropharyngeal entity. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Cases. 2019;5(4):100133. doi:10.1016/j.omsc.2019.100133 A Pebble in the Throat is the coming of age story of Aasmah Mir’s childhood growing up in 1970s Glasgow. From a vivacious child to a teenage loner, Aasmah candidly shares the highs and lows of growing up between two cultures – trying to fit in at school and retreating to the safe haven of a home inhabited by her precious but distant little brother and Helen, her family’s Glaswegian guardian angel. Scotland’s National Book Awards, co-ordinated by the Saltire Society, recognise work across six literary categories, comprising fiction, non-fiction, research, history, poetry and first book. This year’s shortlists include books on everything from climate change and friendship to King James VI. Globus is a symptom that can make you feel like you have a lump in your throat. It is also called ‘globus sensation’. Young Aasmah bursts into life in this lovingly evoked portrait of a Scottish childhood, complicated by the challenge to fit in when the shade of your skin seemingly sets you apart. Exuberant warm funny and wise, just like its author -- Mariella FrostrupI loved this book ... incredibly moving' Reverend Richard Coles'A treasure of a book' Fern Britton 'Full of beauty, wit and inner strength' Samira AhmedThe heart-warming memoir from the much-loved broadcasterA Pebble in the Throat is the eloquent and moving memoir of Aasmah Mir's childhood growing up in 1970s Glasgow. Try to drink at least 1.5 litres (3 pints) of water every day. You should drink in small sips as swallowing helps to relax the throat. Loved the family stories and humour, along with the more disturbing aspects, remembered with such clarity; very insightful and beautifully constructed.