Patsy

by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn

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...

• 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

A heartbreaking page-turner

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.