'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 'An ode to girlhood' Raven Leilani, author of
Luster A fiercely poetic coming-of-age novel following a group of
young women of colour in Queens, New York. If you really want to
know, we are the colour of 7-Eleven root beer. Colour of the
charcoal pencil our sisters use to rim their eyes. Colour of peanut
butter. 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. In this bold debut told in a uniquely lyrical voice,
Daphne Palasi Andreades paints a stunning collective portrait of
the journey from girlhood to adulthood, set against a backdrop of
race, class, and marginalisation in America today. Brown Girls is
an unforgettable love letter to women of colour everywhere from a
daring new writer. 'Joyous, bittersweet, hilarious ... a coming of
age story for us all' Nikesh Shukla, author of Brown Baby 'A song
of celebration, of mourning, of rage, of fierce living' Rowan
Hisayo Buchanan, author of Starling Days 'If you liked LUSTER try
BROWN GIRLS' Sunday Times Style 'Attracting huge amounts of buzz
... a lyrical, urgent voice' ipaper, Ten best books to read in 2022
'A cracker of a first novel' Glamour 'A sensation in the US'
Guardian 'Transporting ... not to be missed' Stylist 'A daring
debut ... fearless' New York Times SHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTRE FOR
FICTION 2022 FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 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.
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