Patsy: A Novel Hardcover 1631495631 9781631495632 Nicole Dennis-Benn

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Ultimately, it's an immigration story about what a mother is capable of leaving to move to America. Patsy has to close some chapters in her life to find herself and a life worth living. The story of Tru is equally as fascinating. She struggles with her mama gone and who she is. An engrossing read...

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Book on CD narrated by Sharon Gordon. This novel follows Patsy, a young Jamaican mother of a 5-year-old girl, Tru, as she makes her way to America and tries to find a better life for herself. However, in order to find herself and achieve her potential, she must leave her daughter back in Jamaica,...

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Patricia Reynolds, called Patsy, has waited for years to fulfil her dream: going to the USA and leaving Jamaica behind. Even though she only got a visitor's visa, she plans to never come back and instead make a career in the north just like her best friend Cicely. She abandons her daughter Tru wh...

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I just could not make myself feel for Patsy; luckily, Tru was very sympathetic.

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This bittersweet story of love, selfishness, and survival moves with the title character's patois, from a Jamaican slum town filled with nosy, judgmental, yet caring neighbors to the gentrified Nannyland of Brooklyn. Patsy gets a visa and follows her best friend Cicely to New York. Finding an unt...