Girl, Woman, Other By Bernardine Evaristo | 5: Shirley

Girl, Woman, Other By Bernardine Evaristo | 1: Amma

Amma's new play, The Last Amazon of Dahomey, opens at The National Theatre.

Girl, Woman, Other By Bernardine Evaristo | 2: Yazz and Dominique

Yazz, Amma's daughter, attends her mother's press night at the National Theatre.

Girl, Woman, Other By Bernardine Evaristo | 3: Carole

Carole, now a successful banker, reminisces on her youth and sees quite how close she was to messing up her life.

Girl, Woman, Other By Bernardine Evaristo | 4: Bummi and Latisha

Carole's mother Bummi reflects on her younger self and how she struggled to accept Carole's white boyfriend ...

Girl, Woman, Other By Bernardine Evaristo | 5: Shirley

Shirley struggles as a teacher in a deprived London school where she and a fellow staff member Penelope come to logger...

Girl, Woman, Other By Bernardine Evaristo | 6: Winsome and Penelope

We are introduced to the families past and present of Shirley and Penelope.

Girl, Woman, Other By Bernardine Evaristo | 7: Megan/Morgan

Megan identifies as gender free and changes her name to Morgan.

Girl, Woman, Other By Bernardine Evaristo | 8: Hattie and Grace

The story of Hattie and her mother Grace and how she found herself mistress of Greenfields Farm in Berwick.

Girl, Woman, Other By Bernardine Evaristo | 9: The After-Party

The After Party takes us back to the press night of Amma's play at the National theatre where all the characte...

Girl, Woman, Other By Bernardine Evaristo | 10: Epilogue

The Epilogue brings the story full circle and the daughter that Hattie had to give away at birth finds herself on th...