This work challenges the believe that West Indian American girls are but assert agency in defining race through strategic consumption of popular culture.

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK 'Definitely 'best books of 2022' material!' GLAMOUR 'A funny, touching celebration of second chances' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Warm, funny and a brilliant read' SUN 'By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, this is a total joy of a read' HOLLY MILLER, author of The Sight of You ________ Penny Calvin has questions. Placed for adoption sixteen years ago, she's desperate to get to know the mother she's never met. Mika Suzuki just wants to hide. Jobless, single and living in a chaotic flat share, she can't bear her daughter knowing her life is a mess. So, when Penny gets in touch, Mika tells a few white lies, pretending to have it all - a career, partner and money. Keeping up the pretence over the phone is one thing. But when Penny and her widowed adoptive father Thomas spring a visit on Mika, things get complicated. By coming clean about the secrets in her past, will Mika finally get the life she dreamed of? Or will she lose it all? ________ 'An endearing, joyful tale about finding (and accepting) yourself' Good Housekeeping 'Smart and offbeat funny: think Maria Semple' i 'A sheer delight' Rochelle Weinstein 'Had me laughing, crying and cheering' Lauren Kate 'Hilarious, tender and very real . . . for every human trying to figure it out' Nancy Jooyoun Kim 'With the offbeat humour and poignancy of Maria Semple and Kirsty Capes, this has the potential to be a big hit' Bookseller, Editor's Choice

'a painful, beautiful novel that is a welcome addition to Australia's growing crop of women-centred millennial fiction' Books + Publishing The night Eva shared a smile with Pat, something started. Two weeks later, lying together in her bed, Pat said, 'You can't live your life saying you'll get around to doing something you know will make you happy. You just have to do it.' Eva didn't know how devastating those words would turn out to be. Pat dies and the aftershock leaves Eva on unsteady ground. She is pregnant. And she has to make a choice. Suddenly, the world that she at times already questioned, her career, her roommates and friends, and life in the inner-city are all even harder to navigate. Her best friends, Sarah and Annie, are also dealing with the shifts and changes of their late twenties, and each of them will at times let the others down. Small Joys of Real Life is a poignant and unpredictable novel from an exciting new literary talent about how the life you have can change in an instant. It's about friendship, desire, loss and growing up to accept that all you can do is be in the moment and look to find the joys in between. 'It's the little bursts of good in what could be described as a modern-millennial tragedy that makes Allee Richards' debut novel the poignant work that it is' The Guardian 'an exploration and, in many ways, celebration of the untidy years of young adult lives, and all the tragic and surprising loss, love and wonder that entails' The Age 'Richards brilliantly navigates the trials and tribulations of your late twenties' ArtsHub

Important American periodical dating back to 1850.