loppear reviewed Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
layered and fairly limnal
4 stars
RIch chorus of struggling and striving and femininity in black British lives loosely connected.
Hardcover, 480 pages
English language
Published 2019 by Penguin Books, Limited, Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Books.
Girl, Woman, Other follows the lives and struggles of twelve very different characters. Mostly women, black and British, they tell the stories of their families, friends and lovers, across the country and through the years.
Joyfully polyphonic and vibrantly contemporary, this is a gloriously new kind of history, a novel of our times: celebratory, ever-dynamic and utterly irresistible.
RIch chorus of struggling and striving and femininity in black British lives loosely connected.