Backbone
In Llandudno, I finished reading "I Belong Here" by Anita Sethi. I must confess that from the outset it had become a love-hate reading experience. Anita Sethi has an Indian heritage though she herself was born in Manchester, England. The book was published in 2021. I imagined that it would tell the story of an urban dweller walking in The Pennine Hills - the very backbone of northern England. She would marvel at nature and history and tell readers about the places she visited. The book took me back to several areas that I know. However, the writer kept coming and going. It wasn't one long consistent walk and there were buses, trains and cars involved. Before the time period of the travelogue, Anita Sethi was racially abused by an ignorant male passenger on a train. She complained to the guard and the man was subsequently arrested. He was taken to court and found guilty of racial harassment. It must have been a horrible experience for the writer but the authorities d...