{"product_id":"queenie-9781668056134","title":"Queenie","description":"\u003cb\u003e*SOON TO BE A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e*ONE of NPR's and \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e's BEST BOOKS of the YEAR * NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK of the YEAR by \u003ci\u003eWOMAN'S DAY\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNEWSDAY\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBUSTLE\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBOOK RIOT\u003c\/i\u003e!*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A book that sneaks up on you...I am hooked.\" --Roxane Gay, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis acclaimed and \"welcome debut from a seriously talented author\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e) is a disarmingly honest, unapologetically black, and undeniably witty novel that will speak to those who have gone looking for love and found something very different in its place. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQueenie Jenkins is a twenty-five-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. She works at a national newspaper, where she's constantly forced to compare herself to her white middle class peers. After a messy break up from her long-term white boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places...including several hazardous men who do a good job of occupying brain space and a bad job of affirming self-worth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Queenie careens from one questionable decision to another, she finds herself wondering, \"What are you doing? Why are you doing it? Who do you want to be?\"--all of the questions today's woman must face in a world trying to answer them for her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A must-read novel about sex, selfhood, and the best friendships that get us through it all\" (Candace Bushnell, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author), \u003ci\u003eQueenie \u003c\/i\u003eis a remarkably relatable exploration of what it means to be a modern woman searching for meaning in today's world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery\/Scout Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668056134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.31w x 0.88d","brand":"Candice Carty-Williams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44033872003253,"sku":"9781668056134","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e5d067d2-a256-46b3-85bc-85af259d7d91.jpg?v=1713887094","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/queenie-9781668056134","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}