Patsy : a novel
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New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2019].
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Published
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2019].
Format
Book
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426 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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When Patsy gets her long-coveted visa to America, it comes after years of yearning to leave Pennyfield, the beautiful but impoverished Jamaican town where she was raised. More than anything, Patsy wishes to be reunited with her oldest friend, Cicely, whose letters arrive from New York steeped in the promise of a happier life and the possible rekindling of their young love. But Patsy's plans don't include her overzealous, evangelical mother-or even her five-year-old daughter, Tru. Beating with the pulse of a long-witheld confession, Patsy gives voice to a woman who looks to America for the opportunity to choose herself first-not to give a better life to her family back home. Patsy leaves Tru behind in a defiant act of self-preservation, hoping for a new start where she can be, and love, whomever she wants. But when Patsy arrives in Brooklyn, America is not as Cicely's treasured letters described; to survive as an undocumented immigrant, she is forced to work 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. Expertly evoking the jittery streets of New York and the languid rhythms of Jamaica, Patsy weaves between the lives of Patsy and Tru in vignettes spanning more than a decade as mother and daughter ultimately find a way back to one another. -- from Amazon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Dennis-Benn, N. (2019). Patsy: a novel (First edition.). Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dennis-Benn, Nicole. 2019. Patsy: A Novel. Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dennis-Benn, Nicole. Patsy: A Novel Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Dennis-Benn, Nicole. Patsy: A Novel First edition., Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2019.
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