{"product_id":"girl-woman-other","title":"Girl, Woman, Other","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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\/strong\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. \u003cem\u003eGirl, Woman, Other\u003c\/em\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, \u003cem\u003eGirl, Woman, Other\u003c\/em\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","brand":"Raincoast Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47715314073738,"sku":"9780802156983","price":26.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0744\/7452\/0714\/files\/BNCImageAPI_6162f1f1-4828-41a9-96ed-e5bf7294decc.jpg?v=1771793496","url":"https:\/\/curiosityhousebooks.com\/products\/girl-woman-other","provider":"Curiosity House Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}