Queenie: Shortlisted For The Costa First Novel Award

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*NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES* *ONE of NPR&’s and TIME&’s BEST BOOKS of the YEAR * NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK of the YEAR by WOMAN&’S DAY, NEWSDAY, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, BUSTLE, and BOOK RIOT!* &“A book that sneaks up on you...I am hooked.&” —Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author This acclaimed and &“welcome debut from a seriously talented author&” (New York Post) is a disarmingly honest, unapologetically black, and undeniably witty novel that will speak to those who have gone looking for love and found something very different in its place. Queenie Jenkins is a twenty-five-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. She works at a national newspaper, where she&’s constantly forced to compare herself to her white middle class peers. After a messy break up from her long-term white boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places…including several hazardous men who do a good job of occupying brain space and a bad job of affirming self-worth. As Queenie careens from one questionable decision to another, she finds herself wondering, &“What are you doing? Why are you doing it? Who do you want to be?&”—all of the questions today&’s woman must face in a world trying to answer them for her. &“A must-read novel about sex, selfhood, and the best friendships that get us through it all&” (Candace Bushnell, New York Times bestselling author), Queenie is a remarkably relatable exploration of what it means to be a modern woman searching for meaning in today&’s world.
Copyright:
2019

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Publisher Quality
Book Size:
336 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781501196034
Related ISBNs:
9781668056134, 9781501196027
Publisher:
Gallery/Scout Press
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Copyrighted By:
Candice Carty-Williams
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No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction
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Bookshare Staff
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