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A Best in Fiction Book for 2023'[A] sharp, charming and passionate debut.' New York Times Book ReviewA Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by Elle, USA Today, Bustle, Ebony, Harpers Bazaar, PopSugar, New York Post, The Skimm, and The Millions.A Best Book of 2023 by Marie Claire, Esquire, Vogue, them, Autostraddle, Betches, Gay Times,and Cosmopolitan.An insightful, propulsive, and deeply sexy debut novel about a young Black writer whose world is turned upside down when she loses her coveted job in media and pens a searing manifesto about racism in the industry.Mickey Hayward dreams of writing stories that matter, but, for now, her days are filled with listicles about lip gloss and clickbait articles about celebrity haircare. Still, the job is flashy and her girlfriend is steady and supportive. The path may be long, but Mickeys well on her way, and its far from the messy life she left behind in Maryland. Everything finally seems to be falling into placeuntil she finds out shes being replaced.Distraught and enraged, Mickey fires back with a detailed letter outlining the racism shes 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, even from her usuallyencouraging girlfriend, Mickey is sent into a tailspin of selfdoubt. Forced to reckon with just how fragile her life is, she flees to the last place she ever dreamed she would run: her hometown.Back home, Mickey is seduced by the simplicity of her hometownand the flirtation of a former flamebut she soon learns that you cant outrun your past. In the newfound quiet, she is forced to reflect on the sacrifices shed made for an industry that never loved her back and pick up the pieces of the life she thought shed left behind for good. After all, when the walls of success youve carefully built around yourself come crumbling down, whatand whoare you left with?A meditation on identity, selfworth and the toll of corporate racism, Homebodies is a portrait of modern Black womanhood with a protagonist you wont soon forget.
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