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Girl, Woman, Other

A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)

by Bernardine Evaristo ...

Series series Booker Prize Winner
NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE“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 ... Read more

$12.29 USD

NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE“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
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Girl, Woman, Other

by Bernardine Evaristo ...

Narrated by Anna-Maria Nabirye ...

Unabridged

11 hours 7 min

From one of Britain’s most celebrated writers of color comes a magnificent portrayal of the intersections of identity and a moving and hopeful story of an interconnected group of Black British women.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 ... Read more

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From one of Britain’s most celebrated writers of color comes a magnificent portrayal of the intersections of identity and a moving and hopeful story of an interconnected group of Black British women.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
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Mr. Loverman

by Bernardine Evaristo ...

From the Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other, which has sold over 250,000 copies in Grove’s editions, a groundbreaking, hilarious novel set in London following two older gay Caribbean men reckoning with being closeted in a rapidly changing world“Bernardine Evaristo can take any story from any time and turn it into something vibrating with life.”—Ali SmithOne of Booker Prize winner ... Read more

$12.99 USD

From the Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other, which has sold over 250,000 copies in Grove’s editions, a groundbreaking, hilarious novel set in London following two older gay Caribbean men reckoning with being closeted in a rapidly changing world“Bernardine Evaristo can take any story from any time and turn it into something vibrating with life.”—Ali SmithOne of Booker Prize winner
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Growing Out

Black Hair and Black Pride in the Swinging 60s

by Barbara Blake Hannah ...

Narrated by Barbara Blake Hannah, Bernardine Evaristo ...

Series Audiobook 9 - Black Britain: Writing Back
Unabridged

7 hours 29 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Travelling over from Jamaica as a teenager, Barbara's journey is remarkable. She finds her footing in TV, and blossoms. Covering incredible celebrity stories, travelling around the world and rubbing shoulders with the likes of Germaine Greer and Michael Caine - her life sparkles. But with the responsibility of being the first black woman reporting on TV comes an enormous ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.Travelling over from Jamaica as a teenager, Barbara's journey is remarkable. She finds her footing in TV, and blossoms. Covering incredible celebrity stories, travelling around the world and rubbing shoulders with the likes of Germaine Greer and Michael Caine - her life sparkles. But with the responsibility of being the first black woman reporting on TV comes an enormous
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Britons Through Negro Spectacles

by ABC Merriman-Labor ...

Narrated by Bernardine Evaristo, Mohammed Mansary ...

Series Audiobook 10 - Black Britain: Writing Back
Unabridged

4 hours 23 min

Brought to you by Penguin.'We shall therefore confine our walk to Central London where people meet on business during the day, and to West London where they meet for pleasure at night. If you will walk about the first City in the British Empire arm in arm with Merriman-Labor, you are sure to see Britons in merriment and at labour, by night and by day, in West and Central London.'In Britons Through ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.'We shall therefore confine our walk to Central London where people meet on business during the day, and to West London where they meet for pleasure at night. If you will walk about the first City in the British Empire arm in arm with Merriman-Labor, you are sure to see Britons in merriment and at labour, by night and by day, in West and Central London.'In Britons Through
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A Black Boy at Eton

by Dillibe Onyeama ...

Narrated by Michael Obiora, Bernardine Evaristo ...

Series Audiobook 11 - Black Britain: Writing Back
Unabridged

8 hours 47 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Dillibe was the second black boy to study at Eton - joining in 1965 - and the first to complete his education there. Written at just 21, this is a deeply personal, revelatory account of the racism he endured during his time as a student at the prestigious institution. He tells in vivid detail of his own background as the son of a Nigerian judge at the International Court ... Read more

$17.45 USD

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Brought to you by Penguin.Dillibe was the second black boy to study at Eton - joining in 1965 - and the first to complete his education there. Written at just 21, this is a deeply personal, revelatory account of the racism he endured during his time as a student at the prestigious institution. He tells in vivid detail of his own background as the son of a Nigerian judge at the International Court
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Blonde Roots

by Bernardine Evaristo ...

A provocative and "dizzying satire" (The New Yorker) that "boldly turns history on its head" (Elle) from the Man Booker Prize winning author of Girl, Woman, Other.What if the history of the transatlantic slave trade had been reversed and Africans had enslaved Europeans? How would that have changed the ways that people justified their inhuman behavior? How would it inform our cultural attitudes and ... Read more

$5.99 USD

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A provocative and "dizzying satire" (The New Yorker) that "boldly turns history on its head" (Elle) from the Man Booker Prize winning author of Girl, Woman, Other.What if the history of the transatlantic slave trade had been reversed and Africans had enslaved Europeans? How would that have changed the ways that people justified their inhuman behavior? How would it inform our cultural attitudes and
... Read more

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Manifesto

On Never Giving Up

by Bernardine Evaristo ...

From the bestselling and Booker Prize–winning author of Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evaristo’s memoir of her own life and writing, and her manifesto on unstoppability, creativity, and activismBernardine Evaristo’s 2019 Booker Prize win was a historic and revolutionary occasion, with Evaristo being the first Black woman and first Black British person ever to win the prize in its fifty-year ... Read more

$12.99 USD

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From the bestselling and Booker Prize–winning author of Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evaristo’s memoir of her own life and writing, and her manifesto on unstoppability, creativity, and activismBernardine Evaristo’s 2019 Booker Prize win was a historic and revolutionary occasion, with Evaristo being the first Black woman and first Black British person ever to win the prize in its fifty-year
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Refugee Tales: Volume III

by Monica Ali, Bernardine Evaristo, Patrick Gale, Gillian Slovo, Lisa Appignanesi, David Constantine, Ian Sansom, Lytton Smith, Emma Parsons, Jonathan Skinner, Jonathan Wittenberg, Roma Tearne, David Herd ...

Series Book 3 - Refugee Tales
With nationalism and the far right on the rise across Europe and North America, there has never been a more important moment to face up to what we, in Britain, are doing to those who seek sanctuary. Still the UK detains people indefinitely under immigration rules. Bail hearings go unrecorded, people are picked up without notice, individuals feel abandoned in detention centres with no way of ... Read more

$8.04 USD

With nationalism and the far right on the rise across Europe and North America, there has never been a more important moment to face up to what we, in Britain, are doing to those who seek sanctuary. Still the UK detains people indefinitely under immigration rules. Bail hearings go unrecorded, people are picked up without notice, individuals feel abandoned in detention centres with no way of
... Read more
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Manifesto

On Never Giving Up

by Bernardine Evaristo ...

Narrated by Bernardine Evaristo ...

Unabridged

6 hours 8 min

From the bestselling and Booker Prize–winning author of Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evaristo’s memoir of her own life and writing, and her manifesto on unstoppability, creativity, and activismBernardine Evaristo’s 2019 Booker Prize win was a historic and revolutionary occasion, with Evaristo being the first Black woman and first Black British person ever to win the prize in its fifty-year ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

From the bestselling and Booker Prize–winning author of Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evaristo’s memoir of her own life and writing, and her manifesto on unstoppability, creativity, and activismBernardine Evaristo’s 2019 Booker Prize win was a historic and revolutionary occasion, with Evaristo being the first Black woman and first Black British person ever to win the prize in its fifty-year
... Read more

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The White Family

by Maggie Gee ...

Alfred White, a London park keeper, rules his home with a mixture of rigidity and tenderness that has estranged his three children. For years, Alfred's daughter Shirley and her black partner Elroy have avoided her comically ignorant younger brother Dirk, who admires his father and hates people of colour. But family ties are strong: when Alfred collapses on duty one day, all the children rush to be ... Read more

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Alfred White, a London park keeper, rules his home with a mixture of rigidity and tenderness that has estranged his three children. For years, Alfred's daughter Shirley and her black partner Elroy have avoided her comically ignorant younger brother Dirk, who admires his father and hates people of colour. But family ties are strong: when Alfred collapses on duty one day, all the children rush to be
... Read more
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Mr. Loverman

A Novel

by Bernardine Evaristo ...

Narrated by Robin Miles, Ron Butler ...

Unabridged

9 hours 2 min

Soon to be an eight-part television series starring Lennie JamesBarrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he has lived in Hackney, London, for years. A flamboyant character with a fondness for William Shakespeare, Barrington is a husband, father, grandfather—and also secretly gay.His deeply religious and disappointed wife, Carmel, thinks he ... Read more

$19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Soon to be an eight-part television series starring Lennie JamesBarrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he has lived in Hackney, London, for years. A flamboyant character with a fondness for William Shakespeare, Barrington is a husband, father, grandfather—and also secretly gay.His deeply religious and disappointed wife, Carmel, thinks he
... Read more

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