“Ta Mutonji writes sharply about the subtle ruptures endemic to formative friendships.” Raven Leilani, bestselling author ofLuster

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 isnt working for her anymoretheyve 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 Margots bubble, Margots past betrayals become increasingly clear. But she means well, doesnt she? They had felt like sisters from the start. Or had Tania just been blind to Margots antics? Set in the framework of a tense will-they-wont-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 excruciatinglylife altering,My Personis an addicting, astutely observed novel from an astonishing new talent.

Ta Mutonjiis a poet and fiction writer. Her debut collection of short stories,Shut Up Youre Prettywas 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 Writers Trust Rising Stars award (2022) and received the Jill Davis Fellowship (2021) at New York University where she completed her MFA in fiction.

• Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
• Publish Date: August 11, 2026
• Pages: 288
• Language: English
• Type: Hardcover
• EAN/UPC: 9798217180233
• Dimensions: 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.7 inches | 1.0 pounds
• BISAC Categories: Popular Fiction