Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the global smash hit film! If you’re 18, love football and can bend a ball like Beckham, the world must be your oyster, right? Wrong. If you’re Jess – 18, Indian and a girl – forget it.
Jess just wants to play football but her wedding-obsessed parents have other ideas so she hides it from them. But when Jess and her friend Jules join a ladies team and get spotted by a talent scout, it all kicks off …
The Bend it Like Beckham movie was a box-office hit, starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
Bend it Like Beckham was also transformed into a musical in London’s West End.
Jess just wants to play football but her wedding-obsessed parents have other ideas so she hides it from them. But when Jess and her friend Jules join a ladies team and get spotted by a talent scout, it all kicks off …
The Bend it Like Beckham movie was a box-office hit, starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
Bend it Like Beckham was also transformed into a musical in London’s West End.
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This is a really excellent book -- I saw the film but the book is better!
Why did I like this book? Simple! It was brilliant. Hilarious and sad.
Sheer joy to read
A brilliant read