Patsy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781631495632)

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.

Author: Nicole Dennis-Benn
ISBN-10: 1631495631
ISBN-13: 9781631495632
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Language: English
Published: 06/04/2019
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.40w x 1.50d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2019 pg. 52
Booklist 04/15/2019 pg. 31
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2019 pg. 18
Publishers Weekly 04/08/2019
Library Journal 05/01/2019 pg. 84
Shelf Awareness 06/28/2019
BookPage 06/01/2019