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''Bernardine Evaristo is one of those writers who should be read by everyone, everywhere'' Elif Shafak

The powerful, urgent manifesto on never giving up from Booker prize-winning trailblazer, Bernardine Evaristo.

In 2019, Bernardine Evaristo became the first black woman to win the Booker Prize since its inception fifty years earlier - a revolutionary landmark for Britain. Her journey was a long one, but she made it, and she made history.

Manifesto is her intimate and fearless account of how she did it. From a childhood steeped in racism from neighbours, priests and even some white members of her own family, to discovering the arts through her local youth theatre; from stuffing her belongings into bin bags, always on the move between temporary homes, to exploring many romantic partners both toxic and loving, male and female, and eventually finding her soulmate; from setting up Britain''s first theatre company for Black women in the eighties t

Manifesto A radically honest and inspirational memoir from the Booker Prize winning author of Girl Woman Other

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''Bernardine Evaristo is one of those writers who should be read by everyone, everywhere'' Elif ShafakThe powerful, urgent manifesto on... Read more

    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 1/7/2021
    ISBN13: 9780241534991, 978-0241534991
    ISBN10: 0241534992

    Non Fiction , Biography

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    ''Bernardine Evaristo is one of those writers who should be read by everyone, everywhere'' Elif Shafak

    The powerful, urgent manifesto on never giving up from Booker prize-winning trailblazer, Bernardine Evaristo.

    In 2019, Bernardine Evaristo became the first black woman to win the Booker Prize since its inception fifty years earlier - a revolutionary landmark for Britain. Her journey was a long one, but she made it, and she made history.

    Manifesto is her intimate and fearless account of how she did it. From a childhood steeped in racism from neighbours, priests and even some white members of her own family, to discovering the arts through her local youth theatre; from stuffing her belongings into bin bags, always on the move between temporary homes, to exploring many romantic partners both toxic and loving, male and female, and eventually finding her soulmate; from setting up Britain''s first theatre company for Black women in the eighties t

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