{"product_id":"girl-woman-other-pb","title":"Girl, Woman, Other PB","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGirl, Woman, Other\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGirl, Woman, Other\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51729289773287,"sku":null,"price":3.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/3397\/3991\/files\/71TpVXA19ZL._AC_UY218.jpg?v=1768778066","url":"https:\/\/friendsmvl.org\/products\/girl-woman-other-pb","provider":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}