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Girl, Woman, Other

By: Bernardine Evaristo
Narrated by: Anna-Maria Nabirye
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

This is Britain as you've never read it.
This is Britain as it has never been told.

From Newcastle to Cornwall, from the birth of the twentieth century to the teens of the twenty-first, Girl, Woman, Other follows a cast of twelve characters on their personal journeys through this country and the last hundred years. They're each looking for something - a shared past, an unexpected future, a place to call home, somewhere to fit in, a lover, a missed mother, a lost father, even just a touch of hope . . .

'Masterful . . . A choral love song to black womanhood in modern Great Britain' Elle

'Ambitious, flowing and all-encompassing, an offbeat narrative that'll leave your mind in an invigorated whirl... [It] unites poetry, social history, women's voices and beyond.' Stylist

'Bernardine Evaristo can take any story from any time and turn it into something vibrating with life' Ali Smith, author of How to be both

'Sparkling, inventive' Sunday Times

'Funny, sad, tender and true, deserves to win awards' Red

'Brims with vitality' Financial Times
'Exceptional. You have to order it right now' Stylist


© Bernardine Evaristo 2019 (P) Penguin Audio 2019

 African American Coming of Age Family Life Fiction Friendship Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Inspiring Thought-Provoking

Critic Reviews

"The actress Anna-Maria Nabirye projects the characters superbly: she has a full, low timbre and a powerful directness." (The Times)

"Masterful...A choral love song to black womanhood in modern Great Britain." (Elle)

"Ambitious, flowing and all-encompassing, an offbeat narrative that'll leave your mind in an invigorated whirl...[It] unites poetry, social history, women's voices and beyond." (Stylist)

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Wonderful portrayal of 12 Black women with razor sharp insight. Their stories told with humour, insight and sometimes confronting conventional attitudes.

Thoroughly Enjoyable Read

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I loved this book. I want to go back and read it in text. thanks.

wow

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Got swept up with the characters but also gave new perspective on feminism. Cannot rate enough!

Amazing

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A sweeping novel of present and historical realities of Black women in Britain and beyond. A fabulous portrayal of life, it's challenges with a no holds barred approach towards a diverse range of characters. I'll admit I ended up googling a character map to keep up after not reading for a few days! This was the flaw for me as a reader: too many characters to really connect to which made the story somewhat disjointed. That said, an unforgettable literary feat well-deserving of its critical acclaim.

Diverse Black women voices

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Just like any good book - I couldn't put this down. The narrator became each character seamlessly. I enjoyed the rawness and intergenerational flow - connection and variety of lives merging.

Clever and poignant.

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This is an interesting book. I flew through it as it was easy to consume with a focus on 12 different characters. But in some ways, the clever way the characters and ideas interlink make this feel more like a short story anthology presented as sociological essays. Again, I enjoyed it very much, but without a central character to really connect to, cannot rate it higher.

A Very Easy Listen

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a brilliantly written novel, womens tales intertwined with such deft exploration of womanhood and feminism.

I love this book

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An utterly captivating listen. Excellent narration. Evaristo deserved to win the Booker Prize outright for this compelling masterpiece.

Superlative

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entertaining use of stereotypes, with rich details of clothing, food, housing, somehow put together to tell you about the great diversity that is individuals.

playing with stereotypes

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The story is really catchy, the way she relates all the characters and separated stories is very skilled and unexpected. Loved it.

Excellent !!!

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