Women’s Prize for Fiction Shortlist 2024
Selected by the Bookshop
The shortlist for this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction takes in theatre-making in the Occupied Territories in Palestine, west-to-east immigration during China’s economic boom, a search for independence in Victorian New South Wales, civil war in Sri Lanka and different perspectives on motherhood from two of Ireland’s best writers.
From the publisher:
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024WINNER OF THE WRITERS’ PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024Carmel had been alone all her life. The baby knew this. They looked at each other, and all of time was there. The baby knew how…
From the publisher:
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024"A heart-breaking exploration of a family fractured by civil war. This beautiful, nuanced novel follows a young doctor caught within conflicting ideologies as she tries to save lives. I…
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The Women’s Prize-winning and Booker-shortlisted international bestselling author returns with a fictionalised account of her grandmother’s lifeSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024A DAILY MAIL NOVEL…
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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024**Reeling from a disastrous love affair, actress Sonia Nasir finds love and hope in Shakespeare and Palestine.'A vital storyteller'ALI SMITHAfter years away from her family's homeland, and…
From the publisher:
AS HEARD ON FRONT ROW, A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN AND FT 'SUMMER READ''My favourite book I've read this year' PANDORA SYKES'Intense, furious, moving and often extremely funny' DAVID NICHOLLS'Astonishing' Stephanie…
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024A mesmerising reversal of the east–west immigrant narrative set against China’s economic boom, River East, River West is a deeply moving exploration of race,…
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