A young model is catapulted from her life in Jamaica to the international world of high fashion in this tender, powerful novel about the distance one woman must travel to find out what it means to be truly free—by the national bestseller, winner of the Lambda Literary Award, a Stonewall Award Honor Book, Today Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick, critically acclaimed and award-winning author of Patsy and Here Comes the Sun.
From the critically acclaimed and award winning novelist Nicole Dennis-Benn comes a stirring portrait of motherhood, immigration, and the sacrifices we make in the name of love.
Capturing the distinct rhythms of Jamaican life and dialect, Nicole Dennis-Benn pens a tender hymn to a world hidden among pristine beaches and the wide expanse of turquoise seas.

