"This honest, interesting book reveals such jewels. It's the ideal read for everyone who dreams big," one reviewer wrote. Times and Sunday Times' list of the year's best books Bernardine Evaristo, a pathfinder who won the Booker Prize, wrote a compelling, passionate biography and credo about never giving up. 2019 marked a historic turning point for Britain as Bernardine Evaristo became the first black woman to win the Booker Prize since it was established fifty years earlier. She had a difficult trek, but she succeeded in making history. Her honest and courageous explanation of how she did it is contained in Manifesto. From growing up with racist neighbours, priests, and even some white family members, to learning about the arts through her local youth theatre, from packing her belongings into trash bags,