Girl,
Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo (Author),
Anna-Maria Nabirye (Narrator), Blackstone Publishing (Publisher)
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From one of Britain's most
celebrated writers of color, Girl, Woman, Other is a magnificent portrayal of
the intersections of identity and a moving and hopeful story of an
interconnected group of black British women. Winner of the 2019 Booker Prize
and short-listed for the Gordon Burn Prize, Girl, Woman, Other paints a vivid
portrait of the state of post-Brexit Britain, as well as looking back to the
legacy of Britain's colonial history in Africa and the Caribbean.
The 12 central characters of
this multi-voiced novel lead vastly different lives: Amma is a newly acclaimed
playwright whose work often explores her black lesbian identity; her old
friend, Shirley, is a teacher, jaded after decades of work in London's
funding-deprived schools; Carole, one of Shirley's former students, is a
successful investment banker; Carole's mother, Bummi, works as a cleaner and
worries about her daughter's lack of rootedness despite her obvious
achievements. From a nonbinary social media influencer to a 93-year-old woman
living on a farm in Northern England, these unforgettable characters also
intersect in shared aspects of their identities, from age to race to sexuality
to class.
Sparklingly witty and filled
with emotion, centering voices we often see othered, and written in an
innovative fast-moving form that borrows technique from poetry, Girl, Woman,
Other is a polyphonic and richly textured social novel that shows a side of
Britain we rarely see, one that reminds us of all that connects us to our
neighbors, even in times when we are encouraged to be split apart.
Product
details
Author :
Bernardine Evaristo
Narrator :
Anna-Maria Nabirye
Audible.com Release Date :
November 12, 2019
Publisher :
Blackstone Publishing
Version :
Unabridged
Language :
English
ASIN :
B07YQ7D2TX
