Patsy : a novel / Nicole Dennis-Benn.

When Patsy gets her long-coveted visa to America, she looks forward leaving Pennyfield, the beautiful but impoverished Jamaican town where they were raised. Her plans don't include her overzealous, evangelical mother-- or her own five-year-old daughter, Tru. When Patsy arrives in Brooklyn, she survi...

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Main Author: Dennis-Benn, Nicole (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2020]
Subjects:
Self-realization in women > Fiction.
Women > Jamaica > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Jamaicans > New York (State) > New York > Fiction.
Immigrants > New York (State) > New York > Fiction.
Sexual minorities > Fiction.
Women.
Women > Fiction.
FICTION / Literary.
Sexual minorities.
Self-realization in women.
Jamaicans.
Immigrants.
Mothers and daughters.
New York (State) > New York.
Jamaica.
Mother-daughter relationship > Fiction.
Immigrants > Fiction.
Lesbians > Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction.
Novels.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.
Novels.
Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Physical Description:428 pages ; 21 cm
Format: Book
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Summary:
When Patsy gets her long-coveted visa to America, she looks forward leaving Pennyfield, the beautiful but impoverished Jamaican town where they were raised. Her plans don't include her overzealous, evangelical mother-- or her own five-year-old daughter, Tru. When Patsy arrives in Brooklyn, she survives as an undocumented immigrant, working as a bathroom attendant and nanny. Meanwhile, Tru builds a faltering relationship with her father back in Jamaica, grappling with her own questions of identity and sexuality, and trying desperately to empathize with her mother's decision. -- adapted from jacket
Note:Includes discussion questions.
"Read with Jenna"--Cover.
Call Number:PS3604.E58657 P38 2020
ISBN:9781631497896
1631497898