{"product_id":"9781409180074","title":"Queenie","description":"Author: Candice Carty-Williams\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781409180074\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Orion\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 11 Feb 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A deliciously funny, characterful, topical and thrilling novel for our times' Bernardine Evaristo, winner of the Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliant, timely, funny, heartbreaking' Jojo Moyes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A must-read novel about sex, selfhood, and the best friendships that get us through it all' Candace Bushnell, author of \u003ci\u003eSex and the City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQueenie is a twenty-five-year-old Black woman living in south London, straddling Jamaican and British culture whilst slotting neatly into neither. She works at a national newspaper where she's constantly forced to compare herself to her white, middle-class peers, and beg to write about Black Lives Matter. After a messy break up from her long-term white boyfriend, Queenie finds herself seeking comfort in all the wrong places.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Queenie veers from one regrettable decision to another, she finds herself wondering, \u003ci\u003eWhat are you doing? Why are you doing it? Who do you want to be\u003c\/i\u003e? - the questions that every woman today must face in a world that keeps trying to provide the answers for them.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA darkly comic and bitingly subversive take on life, love, race and family, \u003ci\u003eQueenie\u003c\/i\u003e will have you nodding in recognition, crying in solidarity and rooting for this unforgettable character every step of the way. A disarmingly honest, boldly political and truly inclusive tale that will speak to anyone who has gone looking for love and acceptance and found something very different in its place.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46392917885086,"sku":"ADS-9781409180074","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781409180074.jpg?v=1768134676","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781409180074","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}