Baby Does A Runner is a brilliant story about Baby, or Simran; a British-born Sikh woman who is single, in her 30s and struggling a bit with not getting the same opportunities in life as her male counterparts at work, and with the loss of her father.

What she doesn't bargain for is Sid, her guide (and unwilling driver) being annoyingly handsome with a knack for asking Baby the sort of questions that force her to look at what she really wants out of life. I love that she lists others who are speaking out and doing good work here, making it as usual not just about her, even in her own memoir. Whilst at her mum’s house she starts to look for her dad’s kambal (blanket) to seek comfort and in her mum’s peti (trunk) she finds love letters written by her Dadaji (grandfather) to someone who is not her Dadima (grandmother). I couldn’t wait to read this book because the author is someone who I admire and someone who I see as a role model. Baby is a brilliant character - the new modern young Asian girl who seems to have it all but does she?In case you’re worried it’s all protest and journeys, this book is also warm, funny (she makes much of the “Illuminaunty” network of bossy, nosy women who know everything) and endearing (she’s excited when she makes friends with John Craven, who she used to watch on Newsround). This is no overnight success story, this is not a fairy tale, not in the traditional sense, but there is plenty of magic. I felt like I was driving along a road and suddenly I'd turn off, drive for ages along a very detailed cul-de-sac, just to whip back up the way I came and head back onto the main road for a while before the next extremely detailed diversion.

Bradford born and bred; award-winning presenter Anita Rani is one of the most recognisable faces on British TV.Her words are elegant and powerful - they will resonate with women everywhere for generations to come. Baby is in her mid 30s and living a seemingly enviable life as a career woman in Manchester - though her lack of a husband is a worry to her an Indian family with very different expectations. But, there is also great depth to this book, and it explores more serious issues above and beyond the light-hearted take on the heavy hints about marriage and babies from her Indian mother and ‘aunties’, and the unfulfilling day job. Interviewing a variety of men, she has come to believe that, actually, they have it harder than women at the moment, and no support network equivalent to the feminist movement.