6/30/2023 0 Comments Homebodies by tembe denton hurst![]() ![]() ![]() Full of contradictions, Mickey makes for an interesting protagonist-but very few of the other characters seem fully formed. For a break, Mickey takes off for her Maryland hometown, where she reconnects with old friends and tries to decide what to do with herself next. ![]() “Instead of reporting on the goings on of Black life,” Denton-Hurst writes in her engaging debut, Mickey “was making listicles about the best lipsticks for every skin tone.” But when she’s abruptly fired from her position, Mickey is devastated and thrown into a depression that forces her to reconsider every aspect of her life-including her relationship with her girlfriend, Lex. Mickey Hayward’s shiny writing job is not as great as she’d hoped it would be. A young Black woman contends with New York media culture. ![]()
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