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_aPS3604.E588 _bH66 2023 |
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_aDenton-Hurst, Tembe _924044 _eauthor |
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_aHomebodies _b: a novel _c/ Tembe Denton-Hurst. |
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_aLondon : _bHQ, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, _c2023. |
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300 | _a307 pages ; 24 cm. | ||
520 | _aMickey Hayward dreams of writing stories that matter. She has a flashy media job that makes her feel successful and a devoted girlfriend who takes care of her when she comes home exhausted and demoralized. It's not all A-list parties and steamy romance, but Mickey's on her way, and it's far from the messy life she left behind in Maryland. Despite being overlooked and mistreated at work, it seems like she might finally get the chance to prove herself--until she finds out she's being replaced. Distraught and enraged, Mickey fires back with a detailed letter outlining the racism and sexism she's endured as a Black woman in media, certain it will change the world for the better. But when her letter is met with overwhelming silence, Mickey is sent into a tailspin of self-doubt. Forced to reckon with just how fragile her life is--including the uncertainty of her relationship--she flees to the last place she ever dreamed she would run to, her hometown, desperate for a break from her troubles. Back home, Mickey is seduced by the simplicity of her old life--and the flirtation of a former flame--but her life in New York refuses to be forgotten. When a media scandal catapults Mickey's forgotten letter into the public zeitgeist, suddenly everyone wants to hear what Mickey has to say. It's what she's always wanted--isn't it? | ||
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_aAfrican American women _vFiction _924047 |
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_aLesbians _vFiction _924049 |
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_aHomecoming _vFiction _924048 |
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_aRacism in mass media _vFiction _924050 |
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_aSexism in mass media _vFiction _924051 |
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_aNew York, NY _vFiction _924052 |
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_aMaryland _vFiction _924053 |
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_aPsychological fiction _922456 |
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_aQueer fiction _924045 |
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_aLesbian fiction _924046 |
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