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Bernardine Evaristo: Girl, Woman, Other (Hardcover, 2019, 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, …

I needed more of a plot from this book. There are mini-plots within each character’s backstory, but this is really just a series of character sketches describing a wide range of Black people who were designated female at birth and live in and around London. They are each interesting characters, but I needed a larger plot to draw them together and keep me engaged.