I absolutely love this writer, however, this book was too close to home for me, I am an abandoned child and still looking for my mother, I have very similar issues as per the book. My father is black my mother white, yes I am light brown and could pass as being from any part of the world, just don't fit in. My whole life I have to deal with Racism, I felt as if this book was about me. The second part of the book was my favorite bit, I enjoyed it very much. As for the ending,[Spoiler]

Christina O'D The novel itself is a revelation, cleverly conceived, powerfully written, moving and evocative. It is almost prose poetry. Bernadine Evaristo is more than deserving of the Booker Prize. As for the readng, it is a tour de force on the part of Anna-Maria Nabirye. Thank you Audiobooks.

Good reader, very versatile, able to do many kinds of voices according to age, gender, accent.The story spun on and on in an anecdotal way, and though the threads were tied up in the end, there wasn’t much that was inventive in the style or construction, and I was disappointed in it as a Booker prize winner for a prose work.

I loved it.

I love how it interweaves the biographies of the different women from different generations and background. This way it showed a ' character development ' of time/view instead of an individual character.The stories are about women if colour and ' British' which I'm not, It still showed how much we, as women, share in experience. It also gave me a better understanding of how our experience differs because of my white privilege. It did all that in a very engaging way. The narrator helped with this.

Very clear and steady going narrator for an excellent book. Would reccomend to people of all ages.

Cool listen

Fantastic!

Only read, not listened BUT the book ok is just so good. Fiercely feminist, deeply thought provoking and beautifully written.

The narrator is great but the writing is baaaad.

Incredible narrative, wide array of characters and excellent interpretation.

Loved everything about this audio book

the narrator made the book come alive, thankfully so since I was struggling with the print version

Too many characters, I really didn’t get how they were connected. I felt like readying 7 books of the same genre simultaneously. Really hard to get into it.

I know this will be an unpopular opinion but I really didn't enjoy this book. I found it rambled on

The book is well written and the language used in a powerful way. However, there are just too many characters, all of whom have had such challenging lives. It gives you a glimpse of the life for colored people in UK & of lesbians.

Didn’t enjoy in the beginning but was curious where it would go. Later, found it hard to put down. The different perspectives and experiences of the characters was very moving.

Really enjoyed this. Thought provoking and moving. Loved it.

Slow start but worth persevering. A really insightful portrayal of the place and time.

Very good

Loved this from start to finish.

A bbok I would not normally have read. Fascinating insight into someone breaking srerioypes. Great to kisten to; will nuy mire from this author.

So many wonderful characters and wonderfully woven together.

Lovely narration and an interesting set of stories that weave together in the end.

sometimes found the book difficult to follow with so many characters, but despite this, I managed to keep up well enough and really loved how everything came together at the end- very special!

I really enjoyed getting to know all the characters and how their lives intertwined. Highly relatable and very moving,

My first ever audio book! I loved this book. Wonderful! Amazing reader, able to do many kinds of voices.

my first ever audio book! brilliant and captivating characters. wonderful!

Amazing. I loved this book. Didn't want it to end.

The reader had a good voice but paused in the wrong place, or emphasised the wrong word in the sentence, completely changing the meaning, so many times that it spoiled the book for me. Other than that I enjoyed the story and thought the characters were very cleverly linked to each other.