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Ordinary People
by Diana Evans
Women's Prize for Fiction · 2018 · Shortlist
Chatto and Windusliterary-fiction
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Women's Prize for Fiction | 2018 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Two Black British couples in London navigate the small crises of middle life—parenthood, infidelity, drifting—against the backdrop of Barack Obama's 2008 election. A tender, intelligent novel about Black British domesticity and the internal architecture of long-term relationships.
About the Author
Diana EvansBritish
Diana Evans is a British novelist born in London in 1972. Her debut novel 26a (2005) won the Orange Award for New Writers and the Betty Trask Prize. Ordinary People (2018) won the Diverse Book Award and was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Costa Novel Award. Read more →
