A Marvellous Debut

Homebodies by Tembe Denton-Hurst is a marvellous contemporary debut novel that consumed me from the start.

The novel is written from the point of view of Mickey, a young black woman, who is searching for her place in society. Life is unfair as Mickey finds she has to work twice as hard to receive half as much, as the white women in her workplace. Life is not at all fair when the scales are already tipped against you.

As Mickey’s world tips on its axis, she returns to her grandmother’s house. Here, she feels loved, and starts to heal bit by bit.

Mickey’s hometown is full of memories which she re-visits both physically and mentally.

In New York Mickey felt invisible. In her hometown she is seen.