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Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Meera Syal's Anita and Me. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.
Literary Popularity. Anita and Me was so successful after being in published in 1996 that it was later adapted into a movie in 2002 and a musical drama in 2015.
Near-Death Experience. Like her characters Meena and Tracey, Meera Syal has also had a near-death experience as a child. She almost drowned when she was twelve after her canoe capsized and she stayed under water for thirty seconds, which felt much longer to her.