The Fat Lady Sings: Black Britain: Writing Back: Black Britain: Writing Back
Autor Jacqueline Roy Introducere de Bernardine Evaristoen Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 feb 2021
'A strong and humane work of fiction' Jackie Kay
'That is the glory of being a mental patient. Nothing is impossible.'
It is the 1990s, and Gloria is living in a London psychiatric ward. She is unapologetically loud, audacious and eternally on the brink of bursting into song.
After several months of uninterrupted routine, she is joined by another young black woman - Merle - who is full of silences and fear.
Unable to confide in their doctors, they agree to journal their pasts. Whispered into tape recorders and scrawled ferociously at night, the remarkable stories of their lives are revealed.
In this tender, deeply-moving depiction of mental health, Roy creates a striking portrait of two women finding strength in their shared vulnerability, as they navigate a system that fails to protect them. Life-affirming and fearlessly hopeful, this is an unforgettable story.
'This is a novel of daring - enjoyable, surprising and original.' Bernardine Evaristo
'A striking commentary'Scotsman
'A strong, humorous and moving piece of fiction . . . such is the life injected into the characters that by the end of the novel there remains that reluctance to part with people you have come to love'calabash
'A joy'Pride
'Unflinchingly told . . . harrowing but also shockingly funny'Big Issue
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241482698
ISBN-10: 0241482690
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Seria Black Britain: Writing Back
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241482690
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Seria Black Britain: Writing Back
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Jacqueline
Roy
(Author)
Jacqueline Royis a dual-heritage author, born in London to a black Jamaican father and white British mother. After a love of art and stories was passed down to her by her family, she became increasingly aware of the absence of black figures in the books she devoured, and this fuelled her desire to write. In her teenage years she spent time in a psychiatric hospital, where she wrote as much as possible to retain a sense of identity; her novelThe Fat Lady Singsis inspired by this experience of institutionalisation and the treatment of black people with regards to mental illness. She rediscovered a love of learning in her thirties after undertaking a Bachelors in English, and a Masters in Postcolonial Literatures. She then became a lecturer in English, specialising in Black Literature and Culture and Creative writing at Manchester Metropolitan University, where she worked full time for many years, and was a tutor on The Manchester Writing School's M.A. programme. She has written six books for children, and edited her late father's novelNo Black Sparrows, published posthumously. A second novel for adults will be published in 2022. She now lives in Manchester.
Bernardine Evaristo (Introducer)
Bernardine Evaristo,MBE, is the award-winning author of eight books of fiction and verse fiction that explore aspects of the African diaspora. Her novelGirl, Woman, Othermade her the first black woman to win the Booker Prize in 2019, as well winning the Fiction Book of the Year Award at the British Book Awards in 2020, where she also won Author of the Year, and the Indie Book Award. She also became the first woman of colour and black British writer to reach No.1 in the UK paperback fiction chart in 2020.
Jacqueline Royis a dual-heritage author, born in London to a black Jamaican father and white British mother. After a love of art and stories was passed down to her by her family, she became increasingly aware of the absence of black figures in the books she devoured, and this fuelled her desire to write. In her teenage years she spent time in a psychiatric hospital, where she wrote as much as possible to retain a sense of identity; her novelThe Fat Lady Singsis inspired by this experience of institutionalisation and the treatment of black people with regards to mental illness. She rediscovered a love of learning in her thirties after undertaking a Bachelors in English, and a Masters in Postcolonial Literatures. She then became a lecturer in English, specialising in Black Literature and Culture and Creative writing at Manchester Metropolitan University, where she worked full time for many years, and was a tutor on The Manchester Writing School's M.A. programme. She has written six books for children, and edited her late father's novelNo Black Sparrows, published posthumously. A second novel for adults will be published in 2022. She now lives in Manchester.
Bernardine Evaristo (Introducer)
Bernardine Evaristo,MBE, is the award-winning author of eight books of fiction and verse fiction that explore aspects of the African diaspora. Her novelGirl, Woman, Othermade her the first black woman to win the Booker Prize in 2019, as well winning the Fiction Book of the Year Award at the British Book Awards in 2020, where she also won Author of the Year, and the Indie Book Award. She also became the first woman of colour and black British writer to reach No.1 in the UK paperback fiction chart in 2020.