Patsy: A Novel
<p><strong>Best Books of 2019: <em>Washington Post • O, The Oprah Magazine</em> • <em>Time •</em> NPR • <em>People •</em> Buzzfeed<br /><br>A <em>TODAY</em> Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Selection<br /><br>Winner • Lambda Literary Award [Lesbian Fiction]<br /><br>A <em>Washington Post</em> Lily Lit Club Selection<br /><br>Longlisted • PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction<br /><br>American Library Association • A Barbara Gittings Literature Award Honor Book (Stonewall Book Awards)<br /><br>Finalist • Aspen Words Literary Prize<br /><br>Finalist • Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize<br /><br>Apple Books • Best Books of the Month<br /><br><em>New York Times Book Review</em> • Editors’ Choice Selection<br /><br><em>Kirkus Reviews</em> • Most Memorable Fictional Families of the Year<br /><br>Longlisted • <em>The Morning News</em> Tournament of Books<br /><br>A <em>Rumpus</em> Book Club Selection</strong></p><br><p><strong>A beautifully layered portrait of motherhood, immigration, and the sacrifices we make in the name of love from award-winning novelist Nicole Dennis-Benn.</strong></p><br>Heralded for writing “deeply memorable . . . women” (Jennifer Senior, <em>New York Times)</em>, 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, <em>Patsy</em> gives voice to a woman who looks to America for the opportunity to love whomever she chooses, bravely putting <em>herself</em> 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 <em>Patsy</em>, this astonishing novel “fills a literary void with compassion, complexity and tenderness” (Joshunda Sanders, <em>Time</em>), offering up a vital portrait of the chasms between selfhood and motherhood, the American dream and reality.