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' Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of the New York Timesbestselling 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