Homebodies: A Novel
"[A] sharp, charming and passionate debut." âNew York Times Book Review
A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by Elle, USA Today, Bustle, Ebony, Harperâs 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 women's fiction 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 click-bait articles about celebrity haircare. Still, the job is flashy and her girlfriend is steady and supportive. The path may be long, but Mickeyâs well on her way, and itâs far from the messy life she left behind in Maryland. Everything finally seems to be falling into placeâuntil she finds out sheâs being replaced.
Distraught and enraged, Mickey fires back with a detailed letter outlining the racism sheâs 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 usually-encouraging girlfriend, Mickey is sent into a tailspin of self-doubt. 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 hometownâand the flirtation of a former flame in a powerful second chance romanceâbut she soon learns that you canât outrun your past. In the newfound quiet, she is forced to reflect on the sacrifices sheâd made for an industry that never loved her back and pick up the pieces of the life she thought sheâd left behind for good, beginning a powerful coming of age journey. After all, when the walls of success youâve carefully built around yourself come crumbling down, whatâand whoâare you left with?
A moving portrait of modern Black womanhood and an unforgettable sapphic romance, Homebodies is a meditation on identity, self-worth, and the toll of corporate racism with a protagonist you wonât soon forget.
"[A] sharp, charming and passionate debut." âNew York Times Book Review
A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by Elle, USA Today, Bustle, Ebony, Harperâs 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 women's fiction 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 click-bait articles about celebrity haircare. Still, the job is flashy and her girlfriend is steady and supportive. The path may be long, but Mickeyâs well on her way, and itâs far from the messy life she left behind in Maryland. Everything finally seems to be falling into placeâuntil she finds out sheâs being replaced.
Distraught and enraged, Mickey fires back with a detailed letter outlining the racism sheâs 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 usually-encouraging girlfriend, Mickey is sent into a tailspin of self-doubt. 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 hometownâand the flirtation of a former flame in a powerful second chance romanceâbut she soon learns that you canât outrun your past. In the newfound quiet, she is forced to reflect on the sacrifices sheâd made for an industry that never loved her back and pick up the pieces of the life she thought sheâd left behind for good, beginning a powerful coming of age journey. After all, when the walls of success youâve carefully built around yourself come crumbling down, whatâand whoâare you left with?
A moving portrait of modern Black womanhood and an unforgettable sapphic romance, Homebodies is a meditation on identity, self-worth, and the toll of corporate racism with a protagonist you wonât soon forget.
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"[A] sharp, charming and passionate debut." âNew York Times Book Review
A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by Elle, USA Today, Bustle, Ebony, Harperâs 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 women's fiction 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 click-bait articles about celebrity haircare. Still, the job is flashy and her girlfriend is steady and supportive. The path may be long, but Mickeyâs well on her way, and itâs far from the messy life she left behind in Maryland. Everything finally seems to be falling into placeâuntil she finds out sheâs being replaced.
Distraught and enraged, Mickey fires back with a detailed letter outlining the racism sheâs 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 usually-encouraging girlfriend, Mickey is sent into a tailspin of self-doubt. 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 hometownâand the flirtation of a former flame in a powerful second chance romanceâbut she soon learns that you canât outrun your past. In the newfound quiet, she is forced to reflect on the sacrifices sheâd made for an industry that never loved her back and pick up the pieces of the life she thought sheâd left behind for good, beginning a powerful coming of age journey. After all, when the walls of success youâve carefully built around yourself come crumbling down, whatâand whoâare you left with?
A moving portrait of modern Black womanhood and an unforgettable sapphic romance, Homebodies is a meditation on identity, self-worth, and the toll of corporate racism with a protagonist you wonât soon forget.
