{"product_id":"9781805301271-shamiso","title":"Shamiso","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eZimbabwean girl meets gender-fluid Afro-Brit boy. They can't stand each other but fall hopelessly in love, before being traumatised into separate paths by their mutual prejudices\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Witty, inventive and sensual' ABDULRAZAK GURNAH, Nobel Prize Laureate \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A prodigiously talented and uncompromising writer' ALI SMITH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Original' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Dazzling' ANDREW McMILLAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A jewel of a novel' MENDEZ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen she takes a leap to leave Zimbabwe behind for Brighton, England, young Shamiso must find a new family and a new way of living. It is there she falls for George, sometimes Georgie, whose gender fluidity mirrors Shamiso's own shapeshifting heart as a woman caught between her desire to belong and profound yearning to find herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuirky, challenging and mischievous, this tender coming-of-age story brilliantly examines selfhood, love and the many shapes family can take. From first moments to final steps, \u003ci\u003eShamiso\u003c\/i\u003e is a shimmering, blazing work of modern existence and all its contradictions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55351102800246,"sku":"9781805301271","price":10.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36339175.jpg?v=1759409427","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781805301271-shamiso","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}