A short story by Nadifa Mohamed from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre.
In âParty Girlâ, ahead of settling down, a woman looks back on her rebellious youth.
Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte BrontĂ«âs game-changing novel and its beloved narrator.
Reviews
Praise for the full collection, READER, I MARRIED HIM:
âDazzlingâ DAILY MAIL
âThe success of this book owes much to [Chevalierâs] enthusiasm ⊠itâs quite amazing to see the quality of work on showâ EVENING STANDARD
âA terrific set of stories by some of our leading novelists, each of whom engages with a chosen aspect of Jane Eyreâ THE NEW STATESMAN
âA clever idea well-executed; a treat for fans of short fiction and for BrontĂ«'s many ardent fansâ KIRKUS REVIEWS
âExemplaryâŠwritten by some of today's best female writersâ THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
âThese pieces create a beguiling picture of women and men and desire, in which everyone is searching, like Jane, for happiness and wondering whether marriage is really an answer. The book acts as a prism spreading all kinds of literary and historical refractions, and itâs a reminder that Charlotte BrontĂ«, too, has many sidesâ GLOBE AND MAIL
About the author
Nadifa Mohamed was born in Hargeisa in 1981. Her first novel, Black Mamba Boy, won the Betty Trask Prize, was longlisted for the Orange Prize, and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the Dylan Thomas Prize, and the PEN Open Book Award. In 2013 she was selected as one of Grantaâs Best of Young British Novelists. Her second novel, The Orchard of Lost Souls, was published in 2013 and won a Somerset Maugham Prize; it was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and shortlisted for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award.
A short story by Nadifa Mohamed from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre.
In âParty Girlâ, ahead of settling down, a woman looks back on her rebellious youth.
Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte BrontĂ«âs game-changing novel and its beloved narrator.
Reviews
Praise for the full collection, READER, I MARRIED HIM:
âDazzlingâ DAILY MAIL
âThe success of this book owes much to [Chevalierâs] enthusiasm ⊠itâs quite amazing to see the quality of work on showâ EVENING STANDARD
âA terrific set of stories by some of our leading novelists, each of whom engages with a chosen aspect of Jane Eyreâ THE NEW STATESMAN
âA clever idea well-executed; a treat for fans of short fiction and for BrontĂ«'s many ardent fansâ KIRKUS REVIEWS
âExemplaryâŠwritten by some of today's best female writersâ THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
âThese pieces create a beguiling picture of women and men and desire, in which everyone is searching, like Jane, for happiness and wondering whether marriage is really an answer. The book acts as a prism spreading all kinds of literary and historical refractions, and itâs a reminder that Charlotte BrontĂ«, too, has many sidesâ GLOBE AND MAIL
About the author
Nadifa Mohamed was born in Hargeisa in 1981. Her first novel, Black Mamba Boy, won the Betty Trask Prize, was longlisted for the Orange Prize, and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the Dylan Thomas Prize, and the PEN Open Book Award. In 2013 she was selected as one of Grantaâs Best of Young British Novelists. Her second novel, The Orchard of Lost Souls, was published in 2013 and won a Somerset Maugham Prize; it was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and shortlisted for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award.