bernardine evaristo

<p>My Fathers' Daughter (Black Britain: Writing Back 7)</p>

<p>A powerful, intimate memoir of Eritrean-British journalist, Hannah Azieb-Pool, who returns to Eritrea at the age of 30 to meet her family for the first time</p>

<p>'What a story. So vivid, honest and moving' Andrea Levy, author of Small Island</p>

<p>'When I stepped off the plane in Asmara, I had no idea what lay ahead, or how those events would change me . . .'

In her twenties, Hannah-Azieb Pool is given a letter that unravels everything she knows about her life. She knew she was adopted from an orphanage in Eritrea, and as her adoptive family brought her to the UK, they believed she did not have any surviving relatives.</p>

<p>When she discovers the truth in a letter from her brother - that her birth father is alive and her Eritrean family are desperate to meet her - she is faced with a critical choice.</p>

<p>Should she go?</p>

<p>In this intimate memoir, she takes us with her on an extraordinary journey of self-discovery, as she travels to Eritrea to uncover her own story. With radiant warmth, courage and wisdom, Hannah-Azieb disentangles the charged concepts of identity, family and home. Featuring a new introduction from Bernardine Evaristo and an updated afterword from the author, this is a timeless, essential read.</p>

<p>'Remarkable' Observer</p>

<p>Selected by Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo, this series rediscovers and celebrates pioneering books from black Britain and the diaspora, which remap the nation and reframe our history.</p>

<p>Girl, Woman, Other</p>

<p>THE SUNDAY TIMES 1 BESTSELLER &amp; BOOKER PRIZE WINNER</p>

<p>BRITISH BOOK AWARDS AUTHOR &amp; FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020</p>

<p>'The most absorbing book I read all year.' Roxane Gay

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<p>This is Britain as you've never read it.

This is Britain as it has never been told.</p>

<p>From Newcastle to Cornwall, from the birth of the twentieth century to the teens of the twenty-first, Girl, Woman, Other follows a cast of twelve characters on their personal journeys through this country and the last hundred years. They're 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 . . .

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<p>'[Bernardine Evaristo] is one of the very best that we have' Nikesh Shukla on Twitter</p>

<p>'A choral love song to black womanhood in modern Great Britain' Elle</p>

<p>'Beautifully 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 Sturgeon on Twitter</p>

<p>'Bernardine Evaristo can take any story from any time and turn it into something vibrating with life' Ali Smith, author of How to be both</p>

<p>'Exceptional. You have to order it right now' Stylist</p>

<p>'Sparkling, inventive' Sunday Times</p>