Why read Brit(ish)?

Book cover of Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging

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From Afua Hirsch - co-presenter of Samuel L. Jackson's major BBC TV series Enslaved - the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the uncomfortable truth about race and identity in Britain today.

You're British.

Your parents are British.

Your partner, your children and most of your friends are British.

So why…

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European history

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Why read it?

2 authors picked Brit(ish) as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Lola Jaye

Author

I like how this book is both personal and factual in assessing Britain’s imperial past. I’ve always loved this author’s work, and she said some lovely things about my novel The Attic Child.

Her writing really makes you think about the subject matter and want to find out more...

From Lola's list on The best books about Black British history.

Susie Orbach

Author

Afua’s father is from a Jewish refugee family, her mother is Ghanian. She grows up in an affluent middle-class suburb of London. As she explores her Black and Ghanian identity she looks at what it means to be British; the political heritage, race, and identity from the inside of a loving mix raced family. It is an important commentary on her experience of being in more than one place at the same time.

From Susie's list on The best contemporary memoirs by women.