Girl, woman, other / Bernardine Evaristo.
Record details
- ISBN: 1094122165
- ISBN: 9781094122168
- ISBN: 1094122157
- ISBN: 9781094122151
- ISBN: 9781094122151 (sound recording ; Blackstone Library CD)
- ISBN: 1094122157 (sound recording ; Blackstone Library CD)
- ISBN: 9781094122168 (sound recording ; Blackstone Retail CD)
- ISBN: 1094122165 (sound recording ; Blackstone Retail CD)
- Physical Description: 9 audio discs (11 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [Ashland, Oregon] : Blackstone Publishing, [2019]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Compact discs. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Anna-Maria Nabirye. |
Summary, etc.: | The novel's twelve central characters lead vastly different lives. Amma is an acclaimed playwright whose work explores her Black lesbian identity; her friend Shirley is a teacher, jaded after decades of work in London's underfunded 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. These unforgettable characters, from a nonbinary social-media influencer to a ninety-three-year-old woman living on a farm, intersect in shared aspects of their identities, from age to race to sexuality to class. |
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Subject: | Women, Black > Great Britain > Fiction. Great Britain > Social life and customs > Fiction. |
Genre: | Audiobooks. Domestic fiction. Lesbian fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Bibliomation.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Oliver Wolcott Library - Litchfield | CD SPOKEN EVA (Text) | 36123146895352 | Adult Fiction CD | Available | - |
Electronic resources
Girl, Woman, Other
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Summary
Girl, Woman, Other
From one of Britain's most celebrated writers of color, Girl, Woman, Other is a magnificent portrayal of the intersections of identity and a moving and hopeful story of an interconnected group of Black British women. Winner of the 2019 Booker Prize and short-listed for the Gordon Burn Prize, Girl, Woman, Other paints a vivid portrait of the state of post-Brexit Britain, as well as looking back to the legacy of Britain's colonial history in Africa and the Caribbean. The twelve central characters of this multivoiced 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 ninety-three-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. Sparklingly witty and filled with emotion, centering voices we often see othered, and written in an innovative fast-moving form that borrows technique from poetry, Girl, Woman, Other 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.