{"product_id":"my-person","title":"My Person","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"In her searing debut novel, Téa Mutonji delivers an unflinching portrait of female friendship in all its ferocity and tenderness. Mutonji traces the bond between two young women whose relationship is as sustaining as it is suffocating, as loving as it is destructive. Visceral and impossible to shake, \n\u003ci\u003eMy Person \u003c\/i\u003eannounces an essential new voice in contemporary fiction.\" -- \n\u003cb\u003e Carley Fortune, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOur Perfect Storm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Téa Mutonji writes sharply about the subtle ruptures endemic to formative friendships.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Raven Leilani, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLuster \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eMy Person\u003c\/i\u003e is a smart and moving novel about the way adulthood complicates friendships from youth--which don't always grow with us--with a sharp eye to subtle dynamics around race, privilege, and sex. Fans of \n\u003ci\u003eFleabag, Luster\u003c\/i\u003e, and Emma Cline will devour this book as eagerly as I did and think about it long after.\" -- \n\u003cb\u003eEmily Everett, author of Reese's Book Club Pick \u003ci\u003eAll That Life Can Afford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Thank god for Téa Mutonji. Her new novel, \n\u003ci\u003eMy Person\u003c\/i\u003e, covers the tricky territory of two lifelong friends extricating themselves from each other's lives. It sounds sad, and it is, but it's also sexy, infuriating, and unbelievably fun to read. You can tell you're in the hands of a poet; the writing crackles on the page. This is a writer who can read someone to filth in just one line. If you've ever known the pain of a friend breakup, this one's for you. Téa Mutonji has managed to take some of the ugliest thoughts and worst moments and turn it into a sparkling novel about reclaiming your sense of self.\" -- \n\u003cb\u003eKatie Yee, author of \u003ci\u003eMaggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Searing. . . Mutonji unflinchingly examines what it means to lose yourself in a relationship, giving platonic bonds the same psychological weight we usually reserve for romantic ones. She also deftly exposes the subtle sting of race and class in a supposedly tolerant Canada, where racism doesn't announce itself dramatically but quietly erodes personhood through acts of extravagant generosity. It's a sharp, uncomfortable observation. Readers of Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams, and Luster by Raven Leilani, will find much to love here. My Person is an assured, necessary debut novel from a truly promising writer.\" -- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An unflinching account of what interracial friendship means for a Black woman: being simultaneously disgusted by privilege, oppressed by it, and indirectly benefitting from it.\" -- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] searching debut . . . Mutonji explores the women's care for and importance to each other, even as they trade slights, [and] the novel reveals how their bond has been warped by codependency as much as inequity.. . . It's a clear-eyed take on the formative power of female friendships.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a sharp and sexy book, full of indelible moments when the truth gushes out and what's said cannot be unsaid. An unflinching, heartbreaking examination of all that comes with loving, and losing, a best friend. A fabulous debut--deeply enjoyable.\" -- \n\u003cb\u003eJean Chen Ho, author of \u003ci\u003eFiona and Jane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A nuanced and fearless exploration of friendship, family, race and class, and the extraordinary pressures of coming of age as an artist, told with subtlety and verve.\" -- \n\u003cb\u003eNussaibah Younis, Women's Prize-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eFundamentally \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fresh, flamboyant take on modern friendships--tremendously fly and enjoyable.\" -- \n\u003cb\u003eDiana Evans, author of \u003ci\u003eOrdinary People \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eMy Person\u003c\/i\u003e offers no roadmaps or easy answers, it instead delivers something even greater and more significant--a candid character portrait absent judgement and written with a sensitivity that allows for true nuance and complexity. Through Tania's meditative narration, Téa Mutonji both observes and delves into the messiness of human relationships and really digs into the complexities of power and control in friendships, which leads to explorations of race and class and intimacy and boundaries. What a liberating experience.\" -- \n\u003cb\u003eZalika Reid-Benta, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eRiver Mumma\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrying Plantain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTéa Mutonji\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and fiction writer. Her debut collection of short stories, \n\u003ci\u003eShut Up You're Pretty\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize (2019) and Canada Reads (2024). It won the Edmund White Debut Fiction Award (2020) and the Trillium Book Award (2020). Mutonji was a recipient of the Writer's Trust Rising Star's award (2022) and received the Jill Davis Fellowship (2021) at New York University where she completed her MFA in fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Téa Mutonji writes sharply about the subtle ruptures endemic to formative friendships.\" --Raven Leilani, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLuster\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Searing . . . an essential new voice in contemporary fiction.\" --#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Carley Fortune \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Sexy, infuriating, and unbelievably fun to read . . . This is a writer who can read someone to filth in just one line.\" --Katie Yee, author of \u003ci\u003eMaggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA bold debut from an exhilarating, multi-award-winning young writer, following two lifelong friends who suddenly find themselves in an emotional deadlock when one abruptly proposes to break up after years of subtle betrayals.\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBest friends of over twenty years, Tania and Margot are preparing to host their monthly Sunday Loaf dinner party, when Tania tells Margot this isn't working for her anymore--they've been entangled for too long, she wants to \"unknow\" her. But how do you extricate yourself from someone whose family owns the apartment you live in, who has taken you in as their own, even claims you as their \"person\"? \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Tania attempts to live her life loudly on the outskirts of Margot's bubble, Margot's past betrayals become increasingly clear. But she means well, doesn't she? They had felt like sisters from the start. Or had Tania just been blind to Margot's antics? Set in the framework of a tense will-they-won't-they break-up, Tania and Margot get entangled in a rigorous revision of history, their once delicate dance intensifying toward a frantic finale that neither person sees coming. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA taut, piercing exploration of race and privilege, codependency, and the ways in which world-defining friendships can be both beautifully and excruciatingly life altering, \n\u003ci\u003eMy Person\u003c\/i\u003e is an addicting, astutely observed novel from an astonishing new talent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 (EAN 9798217180233, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/19\/2026 pg. 1 (EAN 9798217180233, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/29\/2026 (EAN 9798217180233, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"G.P. 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