Service95 Recommends is the home of the books we love and reviews from our contributors. Assembly by Natasha Brown delves into stories we tell ourselves about race, class, freedom, and those who win and those who lose through the eyes of one Black British woman.
What We Say: “A successful young Black woman attends a garden party with her white boyfriend, thrown by his privileged, old-money family. The story covers racism in all the ways it impacts her life – from strangers’ abuse to colleagues’ claims she has the advantage in a workplace that superficially values diversity and micro-aggressions by the party guests. We feel her exhaustion and the relentlessness of her experience in this brilliantly observed novel, told over just 100 pages” – Katie Teehan
What They Say: “Natasha Brown’s exquisite prose, daring structure and understated elegance are utterly captivating. She is a stunning new writer” – Bernardine Evaristo
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Katie Teehan is Editorial Director at Service95
