My Person by Mutonji, Téa
My Person by Mutonji, Téa

My Person

"Téa Mutonji writes sharply about the subtle ruptures endemic to formative friendships." --Raven Leilani, bestselling author of...
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Author: Téa Mutonji
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Language: English
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My Person by Mutonji, Téa

My Person

$36.00
My Person by Mutonji, Téa

My Person

$36.00
Author: Téa Mutonji
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
"Téa Mutonji writes sharply about the subtle ruptures endemic to formative friendships." --Raven Leilani, bestselling author of Luster

"Searing . . . an essential new voice in contemporary fiction." --#1 New York Times bestselling author Carley Fortune

"Sexy, infuriating, and unbelievably fun to read . . . This is a writer who can read someone to filth in just one line." --Katie Yee, author of Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar

A bold debut from an exhilarating, multi-award-winning young writer, following two lifelong friends who suddenly find themselves in an emotional deadlock when one abruptly proposes to break up after years of subtle betrayals.

Best friends of over twenty years, Tania and Margot are preparing to host their monthly Sunday Loaf dinner party, when Tania tells Margot this isn't working for her anymore--they've been entangled for too long, she wants to "unknow" her. But how do you extricate yourself from someone whose family owns the apartment you live in, who has taken you in as their own, even claims you as their "person"?

As Tania attempts to live her life loudly on the outskirts of Margot's bubble, Margot's past betrayals become increasingly clear. But she means well, doesn't she? They had felt like sisters from the start. Or had Tania just been blind to Margot's antics? Set in the framework of a tense will-they-won't-they break-up, Tania and Margot get entangled in a rigorous revision of history, their once delicate dance intensifying toward a frantic finale that neither person sees coming.

A taut, piercing exploration of race and privilege, codependency, and the ways in which world-defining friendships can be both beautifully and excruciatingly life altering, My Person is an addicting, astutely observed novel from an astonishing new talent.

Author: Téa Mutonji
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: 08/11/2026
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.33w x 1.04d
ISBN: 9798217180233


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2026
Library Journal 06/19/2026 pg. 1
Publishers Weekly 06/29/2026

About the Author
Téa Mutonji is a poet and fiction writer. Her debut collection of short stories, Shut Up You're Pretty was a finalist for the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize (2019) and Canada Reads (2024). It won the Edmund White Debut Fiction Award (2020) and the Trillium Book Award (2020). Mutonji was a recipient of the Writer's Trust Rising Star's award (2022) and received the Jill Davis Fellowship (2021) at New York University where she completed her MFA in fiction.
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