Girl, Woman, Other
*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.
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What you might want to know about Girl, Woman, Other
The questions readers send us most often, answered without spoilers.
Twelve mostly Black, mostly British women, an aging playwright, a banker, a teen, a farmer, a non-binary teacher, get a chapter each. Their lives quietly cross at a National Theatre opening night.
Yes. Girl, Woman, Other co-won the 2019 Booker Prize, shared with Margaret Atwood's The Testaments. Bernardine Evaristo became the first Black woman to win the Booker.
Bernardine Evaristo writes in what she calls fusion fiction, with sparse punctuation and prose-poetry layouts. The first chapter takes adjustment, but most readers find the rhythm clicks within the second narrator.
Girl, Woman, Other was written by Bernardine Evaristo, published in 2019 by Black Cat.
Girl, Woman, Other is 458 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Girl, Woman, Other takes most readers 7 to 10 hours to finish.
Girl, Woman, Other is a standalone novel by Bernardine Evaristo, not part of a series.
Girl, Woman, Other is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.