Episode 18: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019, a portrait of modern Britain through the eyes and interconnected stories of 12 different British people - mostly women and mostly black, all moving through the world in different times and decades. Each character has a chapter; within the chapters their lives overlap, but their experiences, backgrounds and choices could not be more different. There’s Amma, a lesbian socialist playwright, and non-binary Morgan, who uses the internet to navigate their gender identity – but also Shirley, a teacher who feels alien in Amma’s community, and Winsome, a bride who has arrived from Barbados to an unhappy marriage. Many of the characters are close – friends, relatives or lovers – while others simply visit the same theatre on the same night, or argue with each other on Twitter.