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A Novel Tembe Denton-Hurst Paperback FICTION/African American & Black / Women Now in paperback, an insightful, propulsive, and deeply sexy debut novel about a young Black writer whose world is turned upside down when she loses her coveted job in media and pens a searing manifesto about racism in the industry. “I saw so much of myself in her utterly delicious and sometimes aching story. Mickey made me look back and love my young Black woman self, and I loved Mickey so much for returning me to that place.”—Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of the New York Times bestseller The Love Songs of W. E. B. DuBois Mickey Hayward dreams of writing stories that matter, but, for now, her days are filled with listicles about lip gloss and clickbait articles about celebrity haircare. Still, the job is flashy, and her girlfriend is steady and supportive. The path may be long, but Mickey’s well on her way, and it’s far from the messy life she left behind in Maryland. Everything finally seems to be falling into place—unt