Shut Up Youre Pretty, Tea Mutonji
Shut Up Youre Pretty, Tea Mutonji
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Shut Up You're Pretty
Stories

Author: Téa Mutonji

Narrator: Jemeni

Unabridged: 4 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 06/08/2020

Synopsis

Finalist, Rogers Writers’ Trust of Canada Fiction Prize; Finalist, Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction; a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year In Téa Mutonji’s disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions during a family wedding, a teenage girl looks for happiness inside a pack of cigarettes, a mother reconnects with her daughter through their shared interest in fish, and a young woman decides to shave her head in the waiting room of an abortion clinic. These punchy, sharply observed stories blur the lines between longing and choosing, exploring the narrator’s experience as an involuntary one. Tinged with pathos and humour, they interrogate the moments in which femininity, womanness, and identity are not only questioned but also imposed. Shut Up You’re Pretty is the first book to be published under the imprint VS. Books, a series of books curated and edited by writer-musician Vivek Shraya featuring work by new and emerging Indigenous or Black writers, or writers of colour. Bespeak Audio Editions brings Canadian voices to the world with audiobook editions of some of the country’s greatest works of literature, performed by Canadian actors.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Catherine on November 18, 2018

This book asks us to witness the journey of a girl into womanhood, holding in her arms the fragile understandings of femininity as a commodity, femininity as a caretaker, femininity as a storyteller. Dulled by the residue of trauma and sharpened by the expectations of the streets, Téa’s characters a......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on September 05, 2020

Shut Up You’re Pretty by Tea Mutonji is a very good book that discusses a lot of important issues. Shut Up You’re Pretty is a collection of stories about a Congolese girl and her family that immigrate to Canada and goes through her becoming a woman. The description makes it sound like Shut Up You’re......more

Goodreads review by Jillian on July 25, 2024

The short stories in this book narrate the life of one Congolese-Canadian young woman as she faces poverty, racism and abuse. Overall, this was a tough but compelling read, with heartbreaking moments that will stick with me, as well as moments of dark humour. Definitely look up content warnings befo......more

Goodreads review by Mel (Epic Reading) on January 28, 2024

A very unique way to tell pieces of one girls story that entirely consists of her trying to keep her head above water. It includes commentary on virginity, prostitution, abortion, depression, friendship by users, and so much more! I need some time to digest these impactful snippets of life. All writ......more

Goodreads review by chantel on August 13, 2020

I love a book set in Scarborough/Toronto. You can feel everything, see everything. Especially if you're from the city. You can let the book walk you down the street. I think Téa Mutonji's writing is beautiful. She writes with so much emotion and so much passion. Her main character Loli, you really g......more

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