'Growing up in Jamaica in a working-class family, I never saw myself in books. Therefore, now that I have the opportunity to tell our stories, I choose to write about my people and our untold stories.' ndennis_benn
, is an unfettered examination of queerness, reluctant motherhood, the immigrant experience, and, on top of it all, the opportunity for redemption.Patsy wants more for herself. America not only beckons her with opportunity, for the chance to put herself first, but also promises to reunite her with her oldest friend, Cicely, and the possibility to rekindle their young love. After years of longing to leave Pennyfield, the Jamaican town where she was raised, Patsy finally gets her visa approved.
Early on, Patsy discloses that she has never really loved her daughter, Tru,"like she's supposed to, or like her daughter loves her," and it's hard not to judge her. But the more I read, the more compassion I felt towards Patsy. Did you also feel this way writing her? You explore motherhood in a culture that expects it of a woman, and if a woman doesn't fill that role, especially in a particular class, she is deemed a pariah. Did you have any trepidation critiquing parts of your culture, and if so, how did you contend with it?
I don't believe in one dimensional stories and one dimensional characters. Like human beings who have contradictions and internal conflicts, characters ought to have them too in order to feel authentic. This is why it took me a while to write the book, because Patsy is a layered character, and so is Tru. Despite all the odds against mother and daughter, the story itself is about redemption.
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