Canongate Books Shamiso

LONGLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2026'Witty, inventive and sensual' ABDULRAZAK GURNAH, Nobel Prize Laureate 'A prodigiously talented and uncompromising writer' ALI SMITH'Original' Guardian'Dazzling' ANDREW McMILLAN'A jewel of a novel' MENDEZWhen she takes a leap to leave Zimbabwe behind for Brighton, England, young Shamiso must find a new family and a new way of living.It is there she falls for George, sometimes Georgie, whose gender fluidity mirrors Shamiso's own shapeshifting heart as a woman caught between her desire to belong and profound yearning to find herself. Quirky, challenging and mischievous, this tender coming-of-age story brilliantly examines selfhood, love and the many shapes family can take.From first moments to final steps, Shamiso is a shimmering, blazing work of modern existence and all its contradictions.