{"product_id":"9780802156983","title":"Bernardine Evaristo - Girl, Woman, Other","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Bernardine Evaristo. Themes include Fiction, Women, Family Life, African American \u0026amp; Black, Social Science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eWinner Of The Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A must-read about modern Britain and womanhood . . . An impressive, fierce novel about the lives of black British families, their struggles, pains, laughter, longings and loves . . . Her style is passionate, razor-sharp, brimming with energy and humor. There is never a single moment of dullness in this book and the pace does not allow you to turn away from its momentum.\"--Booker Prize Judges\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernardine Evaristo is the winner of the 2019 Booker Prize and the first black woman to receive this highest literary honor in the English language. \u003ci\u003eGirl, Woman, Other\u003c\/i\u003e is a magnificent portrayal of the intersections of identity and a moving and hopeful story of an interconnected group of Black British women that paints a vivid portrait of the state of contemporary Britain and looks back to the legacy of Britain's colonial history in Africa and the Caribbean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe twelve 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSparklingly witty and filled with emotion, centering voices we often see othered, and written in an innovative fast-moving form that borrows technique from poetry, \u003ci\u003eGirl, Woman, Other\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58617313919350,"sku":null,"price":8.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780802156983.jpg?v=1788611345","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780802156983","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}