Girl, Woman, Other
- ISBN-10
- 0241985005
- ISBN-13
- 9780241985007
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-05-02
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Author
- Bernardine Evaristo
Description
Teeming with life and crackling with energy - a love song to modern Britain, to black womanhood, to the ever-changing heart of London Girl, Woman, Other follows the lives and struggles of twelve very different characters. Mostly women, black and British, they tell the stories of their families, friends and lovers, across the country and through the years. Joyfully polyphonic and vibrantly contemporary, this is a gloriously new kind of history, a novel of our times: celebratory, ever-dynamic and utterly irresistible. 'A daring evocation of black British history... Sexy, punchy [and] fresh' Independent on Sunday on The Emperor's Babe
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