{"product_id":"queenie-paperback","title":"Queenie - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCandice Carty-Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*SOON TO BE A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCandice Carty-Williams is a writer, now a showrunner, and the author of the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London) bestselling \u003ci\u003eQueenie\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted by Goodreads for book of the year in 2019 and won the British Books Awards Book of the Year in 2020. In 2016, Candice created and launched the Guardian 4th Estate Short Story Prize, the first inclusive initiative of its kind in book publishing. Candice has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ei-D\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, and pretty much every publication you can think of. She will probably always live in South London. Follow her on Instagram @CandiceC_W.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.25 x 5.31 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749188469024,"sku":"9781668056134","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/565437a4512463ed94e38d465d75a524.webp?v=1779925903","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/queenie-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}