Patsy - by Nicole Dennis-Benn

Patsy is a beautifully layered portrait of motherhood, immigration, and the sacrifices we make in the name of love from award-winning novelist Nicole Dennis-Benn.

This stunning novel introduces readers to an unforgettable heroine for our times, Patsy, who leaves her young daughter behind in Jamaica to follow Cicely, her oldest friend, to New York.

With intricate relationships and vivid prose that brings to life Pennyfield, the Jamaican neighborhood Patsy is from, and the Caribbean diaspora in New York, this novel adds to the rich tradition of immigrant literature.

It explores themes of identity, belonging, and self-fulfillment through parallel stories of Patsy and her daughter Tru, who struggle to understand why she was left behind.

This is a must-read for anyone looking for a book that will open their mind to the way others live and inspire empathy towards black queer women grasping for self-determination.