{"product_id":"9780008607678","title":"Homebodies","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Denton-Hurst, Tembe\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eOf specific Gay \u0026amp; Lesbian interest\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 1 August 2024 by HarperCollins Publishers (HQ) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 128 x 24 | 274g\u003cp\u003e‘Sexy, honest, and powerful. I laughed, I cried, I NEED more’ Reader review, ?????\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘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, ?????\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘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, ?????\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘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, ?????\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e * * * *\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e She’s stayed quiet for too long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Now it’s time to speak her truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e That’s what Mickey has always wanted – isn’t it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Don’t miss this incredibly witty, intimate, and moving debut. Perfect if you love:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e??Coming of age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ??Old flame\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ??Love triangle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ???City girl\/small hometown\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  * * * *\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Praise for Tembe Denton-Hurst\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘I saw so much of myself in her utterly delicious and sometimes aching story’ Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of the New York Times bestselling The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e '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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e '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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Denton-Hurst, Tembe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53596999057592,"sku":"9780008607678","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780008607678.jpg?v=1781626140","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780008607678","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}