{"product_id":"brown-girls","title":"Brown Girls","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Palasi Andreades, Daphne \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 16\/02\/2023,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 224 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008478094,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Brown Girls flows like a late night FM-radio dedication to the crew, the block, and the mission. This book’s a gift’ Paul Beatty, author of The Sellout\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘An ode to girlhood’ Raven Leilani, author of Luster\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A fiercely poetic coming-of-age novel following a group of young women of colour in Queens, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Brown Girls dives deep into the lives of a group of young women of colour growing up in Queens, New York. Here, streets echo with many languages, subways rumble above dollar stores and the briny scent of the ocean wafts in from Rockaway Beach. Here, girls like Nadira, Gabby, Naz, Trish, Angelique, and many others, struggle to reconcile their immigrant backgrounds with the American culture they come of age in. Here, they become friends for life. Or so they vow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Brown Girls is a blazingly original, sweeping debut novel told by an unforgettable chorus of voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Joyous, bittersweet, hilarious … a coming of age story for us all’ Nikesh Shukla, author of Brown Baby\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Infectious … holds worlds within its pages’ Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Gorgeous … incredibly moving’ Independent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘If you liked LUSTER try BROWN GIRLS’ Sunday Times Style\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘A cracker of a first novel’ Glamour\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Transporting … not to be missed’ Stylist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘A daring debut … fearless’ New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e SHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTRE FOR FICTION 2022 FIRST NOVEL PRIZE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022 IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT, GLAMOUR, STYLIST, INEWS, SUNDAY TIMES STYLE, LITERARY FRICTION PODCAST AND MORE.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43101206249516,"sku":"9780008478094","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780008478094.jpg?v=1713005235","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.pro\/products\/brown-girls","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}