Maud Martha (Faber Editions): 'I loved it and want everyone to read this lost literary treasure.' Bernardine Evaristo

Maud Martha is a poetic collage of happenings that forms an extraordinary portrait of an ordinary life, one lived with wisdom, humour, protest, rage, dignity, and joy.

This stunning novel by the celebrated poet and first Black author to win a Pulitzer Prize introduces us to Maud Martha Brown, a little girl growing up on the South Side of 1940s Chicago.

Amidst the crumbling taverns and overgrown yards, she dreams of New York, romance, her future.

Through her eyes, we see the world with wonder and curiosity, as she learns to drink coffee, falls in love, decorates her kitchenette, visits the Jungly Hovel, guts a chicken, buys hats, gives birth, and more.

But her lighter-skinned husband has dreams too: of the Foxy Cats Club, other women, war.

The 'scraps of baffled hate' - a certain word from a saleswoman; that visit to the cinema; the cruelty of a department store Santa Claus- are always there, but Maud Martha's spirit remains unbroken.

Written in 1953 but never published in Britain, this extraordinary novel is now available for readers to discover and cherish.

Don't miss out on this literary treasure!