Patsy
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Book Overview
Heralded for writing "deeply memorable . . . women" (Jennifer Senior, New York Times), Nicole Dennis-Benn introduces readers to an unforgettable heroine for our times: the eponymous Patsy, who leaves her young daughter behind in Jamaica to follow Cicely, her oldest friend, to New York. Beating with the pulse of a long-withheld confession and peppered with lilting patois, Patsy gives voice to a woman who looks to America for the opportunity to love whomever she chooses, bravely putting herself first. But to survive as an undocumented immigrant, Patsy is forced to work as a nanny, while back in Jamaica her daughter, Tru, ironically struggles to understand why she was left behind. Greeted with international critical acclaim from readers who, at last, saw themselves represented in Patsy, this astonishing novel "fills a literary void with compassion, complexity and tenderness" (Joshunda Sanders, Time), offering up a vital portrait of the chasms between selfhood and motherhood, the American dream and reality.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1631495631
ISBN13:9781631495632
Release Date:June 2019
Publisher:Liveright Publishing Corporation
Length:432 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 6.4" x 9.8"
Customer Reviews
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A heartbreaking page-turner
Published by Masha , 4 years ago
This book broke me in a way. It's just too real. When I finished the novel I genuinely felt myself wondering about what was going to happen to the characters in the future. Nicole Dennis-benn has become one of my favorite authors, but I have to prepare my heart before reading her stories because they're heartbreaking. Sure she paints "fictional" lives, but you know these stories reflect the reality of too many immigrants and marginalized groups.
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