THE SUNDAY TIMES 1 BESTSELLER amp BOOKER PRIZE WINNEROne of Goodreads Most Popular Books of the Past DecadeThis is Britain as youve never read it.This is Britain as it has never been told.From Newcastle to Cornwall from the birth of the twentieth century to the teens of the twentyfirst Girl Woman Other follows a cast of twelve characters on their personal journeys through this country and the last hundred years. Theyre each looking for something a shared past an unexpected future a place to call home somewhere to fit in a lover a missed mother a lost father even just a touch of hope . . .The most absorbing book I read all year Roxane GayBernardine Evaristo is one of the very best that we have Nikesh ShuklaBeautifully interwoven stories of identity race womanhood and the realities of modern Britain. The characters are so vivid the writing is beautiful and it brims with humanity Nicola SturgeonA choral love song to black womanhood in modern Great Britain ElleBernardine Evaristo can take any story from any time and turn it into something vibrating with life Ali SmithExceptional. You have to order it right now Stylist