Girl, Woman, Other is a free-verse narrative about groups and generations of black British women whose lives intersect, then veer away again. Drawn from a multiplicity of backgrounds, occupations, sexual identities, and social strata, Bernardine Evaristo’s characters weave together to form a tapestry of contemporary Britain for black women. “Exuberant, bursting at the seams,” says The New Statesman of this novel, which is the winner of the 2019 Booker Prize. “If you want to understand modern day Britain, this is the writer to read.”
Girl, Woman, Other, by Bernardine Evaristo. Published by Black Cat / Grove Atlantic. The editor is Peter Blackstock. Girl, Woman, Other is a finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction, administered by the Publishing Triangle and Ferro-Grumley Literary Awards; the winner will be announced on April 30. (WRITTEN BY JERRY WHEELER.)