Homebodies

`Sexy, honest, and powerful. I laughed, I cried, I NEED more' Reader review, ????? `I melted into this book and loved every minute of it - if you're looking for a contemporary story of a queer black girl finding herself, you'll love this' Reader review, ????? `Homebodies is so many different things. Political and social commentary, romance, drama, journey to self-discovery- it's the story of a young queer Black woman caught up in the whirlwind of everything life can throw at you' Reader review, ????? `Quiet, complex, vulnerable . it's really powerful to show a raw, relatable character trying to decide if the career she's worked toward for her entire life is worth the pain it causes her' Reader review, ????? * * * * She's stayed quiet for too long. Now it's time to speak her truth. Until twenty-four hours ago, Mickey Hayward was living the life she'd always dreamed of. She was working for a popular media company, and she was in a committed loving relationship. Now she's fired, tossed aside for a younger, more `agreeable' Black writer. Sick of being overlooked, she responds with an online letter detailing the racism she's faced within the industry. And when a media scandal turns Mickey's post into a viral sensation, suddenly everyone wants to hear what she has to say. That's what Mickey has always wanted - isn't it? Don't miss this incredibly witty, intimate, and moving debut. Perfect if you love: ??Coming of age ??Old flame ??Love triangle ???City girl/small hometown * * * * Praise for Tembe Denton-Hurst `I saw so much of myself in her utterly delicious and sometimes aching story' Honor�e Fanonne Jeffers, author of the New York Times bestselling The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois 'Denton-Hurst has written a warm, brilliant novel that's stunning and poignant; Homebodies is wonderfully witty and full of empathy and entirely original' Bryan Washington, award-winning author of Memorial and Lot 'A gorgeous and compulsively readable coming-of-age story about a young, Black, queer writer trying to figure out her purpose and her identity' Vogue