Queenie
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams is a debut novel published by Gallery/Scout Press on March 19, 2019. This first edition spans 336 pages and is presented in English. The story follows Queenie Jenkins, a twenty-five-year-old Jamaican British woman navigating life in London, where she grapples with her identity and cultural expectations. After a difficult breakup, Queenie finds herself seeking solace in unhealthy relationships, leading her to question her self-worth and the choices she makes.
Readers will encounter a candid exploration of modern womanhood as Queenie confronts the complexities of love and identity. The narrative delves into themes of race and gender, reflecting the challenges faced by women today. Through Queenie’s journey, the book addresses the struggle for self-acceptance and the search for meaning in a world filled with societal pressures. This work offers a relatable perspective on the experiences of those caught between cultures and expectations.
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NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2019 BY WOMAN’S DAY, NEWSDAY, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, BUSTLE, AND BOOK RIOT!
“[B]rilliant, timely, funny, heartbreaking.” —Jojo Moyes, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You
For fans of Luster and I May Destroy You, a disarmingly honest, unapologetically black, and undeniably witty debut 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.
With “fresh and honest” (Jojo Moyes) prose, Queenie is a remarkably relatable exploration of what it means to be a modern woman searching for meaning in today’s world.
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