Queenie - Softcover

Carty-Williams, Candice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1501196022 ISBN 13: 9781501196027

Publisher: Gallery/Scout Press, 2019

Synopsis

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 Bridget Jones’s Diary meets Americanah in this disarmingly honest, boldly political, and truly inclusive novel that will speak to anyone who has gone looking for love and found something very different in its place. Queenie Jenkins is a 25-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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Review:

"This book isn't even out yet and people are talking about it. Written by a new and exciting young woman, it's articulate, brave and, in the new parlance, 'woke.' Funny, wise, and of the moment, this book and this writer are the ones to watch." -Kit de Waal, author of My Name is Leon

"Brilliant, timely, funny, heartbreaking." -Jojo Moyes, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You

"Candice gives so generously with her joy, pain and humour that we cannot help but become fully immersed in the life of Queenie--a beautiful and compelling book." -Afua Hirsch, author of Brit(ish)

"A black Bridget Jones, perfectly of the moment." -Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Meet Queenie Jenkins, a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman who works for a London newspaper, is struggling to fit in, is dealing with a breakup, and is making all kinds of questionable decisions. In other words, she's highly relatable. A must read for '19." -Woman's Day

"My favorite novel this year. Queenie is the sort of novel you just can't stop talking about and want everyone you know to read. Snort your tea out funny one moment and utterly heart breaking the next, (and with the best cast of characters you'll read all year), I absolutely loved it. I can't wait to read whatever Candice writes next. If there is anything right in the world, Candice Carty-Williams is going to be a literary superstar." -AJ Pearce, author of Dear Mrs. Bird

"So raw and well-written and painfully relatable. It's also clever and funny and has the most glorious cover." -Ruth Ware, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in Cabin 10

"They say Queenie is Black Bridget Jones meets Americanah. But she stands in her own right--nothing can and will compare. I can't articulate how completely and utterly blown away I am." -Black Girls Book Club

"A really special book with much to say about black female identity, sexual politics, group chats, emotional becoming in a way that feels totally unforced. Filthy, funny, and profound." -Sharlene Teo, award-winning author of Ponti

"Candice Carty-Williams is a fantastic new writer who has written a deliciously funny, characterful, topical, and thrilling novel for our times." -Bernardine Evaristo, author of Mr. Loverman

About the Author:

Candice Carty-Williams is a senior marketing executive at Vintage. In 2016, she created and launched the Guardian and 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize, which aims to find, champion, and celebrate underrepresented writers. She contributes regularly to i-D, Refinery29, BEAT Magazine, and more, and her pieces, especially those about blackness, sex, and identity, have been shared globally. Queenie is her first novel. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @CandiceC_W.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gallery/Scout Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1501196022
• ISBN 13: 9781501196027
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 330