{"product_id":"the-fat-lady-sings-jacqueline-roy","title":"The Fat Lady Sings (Jacqueline Roy)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking novel exploring the intersection between race, class and mental health in the UK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A strong and humane work of fiction' Jackie Kay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'That is the glory of being a mental patient. Nothing is impossible.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the 1990s, and Gloria is living in a London psychiatric ward. She is unapologetically loud, audacious and eternally on the brink of bursting into song. After several months of uninterrupted routine, she is joined by another young black woman - Merle - who is full of silences and fear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnable to confide in their doctors, they agree to journal their pasts. Whispered into tape recorders and scrawled ferociously at night, the remarkable stories of their lives are revealed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this tender, deeply-moving depiction of mental health, Roy creates a striking portrait of two women finding strength in their shared vulnerability, as they navigate a system that fails to protect them. Life-affirming and fearlessly hopeful, this is an unforgettable story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is a novel of daring - enjoyable, surprising and original' Bernardine Evaristo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A striking commentary' \u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eA strong, humorous and moving piece of fiction . . . such is the life injected into the characters that by the end of the novel there remains that reluctance to part with people you have come to love'\u003ci\u003e Calabash \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A joy' \u003ci\u003ePride \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Unflinchingly told . . . harrowing but also shockingly funny' \u003ci\u003eBig Issue \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJacqueline Roy\u003c\/b\u003e is a dual-heritage author, born in London to a black Jamaican father and white British mother. After a love of art and stories was passed down to her by her family, she became increasingly aware of the absence of black figures in the books she devoured, and this fuelled her desire to write. In her teenage years she spent time in a psychiatric hospital, where she wrote as much as possible to retain a sense of identity; her novel \u003ci\u003eThe Fat Lady Sings\u003c\/i\u003e is inspired by this experience of institutionalisation and the treatment of black people with regards to mental illness. She rediscovered a love of learning in her thirties after undertaking a Bachelors in English, and a Masters in Postcolonial Literatures. She then became a lecturer in English, specialising in Black Literature and Culture and Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University, where she worked full time for many years, and was a tutor on The Manchester Writing School's M.A. programme. She has written six books for children, and edited her late father's novel \u003ci\u003eNo Black Sparrows\u003c\/i\u003e, published posthumously. A second novel for adults will be published in 2022. She now lives in Manchester.\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBernardine Evaristo,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eMBE\u003c\/b\u003e, is the award-winning author of eight books of fiction and verse fiction that explore aspects of the African diaspora. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer novel \u003ci\u003eGirl, Woman, Other \u003c\/i\u003emade her the first black woman to win the Booker Prize in 2019, as well winning the Fiction Book of the Year Award at the British Book Awards in 2020, where she also won Author of the Year, and the Indie Book Award. She also became the first woman of colour and black British writer to reach No.1 in the UK paperback fiction chart in 2020. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2025 she was awarded the Women's Prize Outstanding Contribution Award. Her other awards and honours include an MBE in 2009 and an OBE in 2020. Her writing spans reviews, essays, drama and radio, and she has edited and guest-edited national publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Time's Style\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBernardine is Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University, London, and President of the Royal Society of Literature. 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