{"product_id":"broughtupsy-paperback","title":"Broughtupsy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristina Cooke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt once cinematic yet intimate, \u003ci\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/i\u003e is an enthralling debut novel about a young Jamaican woman grappling with grief as she discovers her family, her home, is always just out of reach\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold through an intimate and atmospheric first-person account, \u003ci\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/i\u003e is a queer diasporic chronicle of twenty-year-old Ak?a's return to her native Kingston, Jamaica, after living in the U.S. then Canada in the decade following her mother's death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe reason for Ak?a's return is a woeful one: her younger brother Bryson has just passed from sickle cell anemia, the same sickness that took their mother. Unmoored and in mourning, Ak?a returns to Kingston to hopefully reconnect with her estranged older sister Tamika, her last living sibling, and to bring her brother home. As the two sisters visit significant places from their childhood, Ak?a is confronted with the difficult realities of being gay in a deeply religious family, of feeling separate from her home culture after years of living abroad, and of battling the grief of losing her mother then brother at pivotal moments in her young life. Along the way, she meets Jayda, a bashful queer woman who shows her a different side of Kingston and gives her a glimmer of hope of how to be at peace with her sister and herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt its core, \u003ci\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/i\u003e asks us: what are we willing to do for family? What are we willing to do to savor the feeling of home?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamed a \"Writer to Watch\" by CBC Books and \u003ci\u003eShondaland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eCHRISTINA COOKE's\u003c\/b\u003e work has appeared in or is forthcoming from \u003ci\u003eThe Caribbean Writer, Prairie Schooner, Electric Literature, Epiphany, Michigan Quarterly Review, Apogee, PRISM International\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. Born in Jamaica, Christina is now a Canadian citizen who lives and writes in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692358209599,"sku":"9781646222490","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/42f2e9ae10fc1f3176ec96a06ee3ca64.webp?v=1764995207","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/broughtupsy-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}