
The Other Black Girl: Signed Edition (Hardback)
Zakiya Dalila Harris (author)Published: 01/06/2021

Following two young Black women carving their careers in the unexpectedly sinister world of book publishing, Harris’s razor-edged debut is at once a gripping thriller and a shrewd piece of social commentary.
Signed Edition
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Get Out meets The Devil Wears Prada in this electric debut about the tension that unfurls when two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of book publishing.
Twenty-six-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is tired of being the only Black employee at Wagner Books. Fed up with the isolation and the micro-aggressions, she's thrilled when Hazel starts working in the cubicle beside hers. They've only just started comparing natural hair care regimens, though, when a string of uncomfortable events cause Nella to become Public Enemy Number One and Hazel, the Office Darling. Then the notes begin to appear on Nella's desk: LEAVE WAGNER. NOW. It's hard to believe Hazel is behind these hostile messages. But as Nella starts to spiral and obsess over the sinister forces at play, she soon realises that there is a lot more at stake than her career.
A whip-smart and dynamic thriller and sly social commentary, The Other Black Girl will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last twist.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781526638755
Number of pages: 368
Dimensions: 234 x 153 mm
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Riveting, fearless and vividly original -- Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven.
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“A thriller or a sly social commentary?”
A whip-smart thriller that’s funny, compelling and also a searing look at race in an office environment. Saddle up for a highly entertaining ride that will make some waves this summer.
Harris will be one of 2021’s...
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“Very disappointing”
The Other Black Girl was definitely a book of two halves for me. The majority of the book is a slow paced, realistic thriller set in a publishing house with a real sense of unease running through it. After years of... More
“Absolutely gripping.”
This book has been described as “Get Out” meets “The Devil Wears Prada” and whilst ordinarily I’m not a big fan of putting high expectations on books this one absolutely lives up to that description. The eery tension... More
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