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{"id":7130424574011,"title":"Broughtupsy","handle":"broughtupsy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist, 2025 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Fiction\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nMs.\u003c\/em\u003e, A Must-Read Book\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nCosmopolitan\u003c\/em\u003e, A Best New Book of January\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eNylon\u003c\/em\u003e, A Best Book of the Month\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nNamed a Most Anticipated Book by \u003cem\u003eElle\u003c\/em\u003e, Goodreads, \u003cem\u003eWrite or Die\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eElectric Literature, Literary Hub, Lambda Literary Review, Bookshop, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e LGBTQ Reads\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAkúa is returning home to Jamaica for the first time in ten years. Her younger brother has died suddenly, and Akúa hopes to reconnect with her estranged older sister, Tamika. Over three fateful weeks, the sisters visit significant places from their childhood where Akúa spreads her brother’s ashes. But time spent with Tamika only seems to make apparent how different they are and how alone Akúa feels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen Akúa meets Jayda, a brash stripper who reveals a different side of Kingston. As the two women grow closer, Akúa is forced to confront the difficult reality of being gay in a deeply religious family, and what it means to be a gay woman in Jamaica. Her trip comes to a frenzied and dangerous end, but not without a glimmer of hope of how to be at peace with her sister—and herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy turns diasporic family saga, bildungsroman, and terse sexual awakening, \u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e asks: What are we willing to do for family, and what are we willing to do to feel at home?\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-07-27T13:20:33-04:00","created_at":"2023-05-08T16:35:34-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult BIPOC Voices","Adult LGBTQ+","By (author) Cooke Christina","House of Anansi Press","Literary Fiction","pub date: 2024-01-23"],"price":1899,"price_min":1899,"price_max":2299,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41234854969403,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487012762","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Broughtupsy - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2299,"weight":272,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487012762","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41234856050747,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487012779","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Broughtupsy - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1899,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487012779","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fed4afdf-c3b6-4f84-972e-3a03d5475964.jpg?v=1705983168"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fed4afdf-c3b6-4f84-972e-3a03d5475964.jpg?v=1705983168","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24125603676219,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2475,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fed4afdf-c3b6-4f84-972e-3a03d5475964.jpg?v=1705983168"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2475,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fed4afdf-c3b6-4f84-972e-3a03d5475964.jpg?v=1705983168","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist, 2025 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Fiction\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nMs.\u003c\/em\u003e, A Must-Read Book\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nCosmopolitan\u003c\/em\u003e, A Best New Book of January\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eNylon\u003c\/em\u003e, A Best Book of the Month\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nNamed a Most Anticipated Book by \u003cem\u003eElle\u003c\/em\u003e, Goodreads, \u003cem\u003eWrite or Die\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eElectric Literature, Literary Hub, Lambda Literary Review, Bookshop, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e LGBTQ Reads\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAkúa is returning home to Jamaica for the first time in ten years. Her younger brother has died suddenly, and Akúa hopes to reconnect with her estranged older sister, Tamika. Over three fateful weeks, the sisters visit significant places from their childhood where Akúa spreads her brother’s ashes. But time spent with Tamika only seems to make apparent how different they are and how alone Akúa feels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen Akúa meets Jayda, a brash stripper who reveals a different side of Kingston. As the two women grow closer, Akúa is forced to confront the difficult reality of being gay in a deeply religious family, and what it means to be a gay woman in Jamaica. Her trip comes to a frenzied and dangerous end, but not without a glimmer of hope of how to be at peace with her sister—and herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy turns diasporic family saga, bildungsroman, and terse sexual awakening, \u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e asks: What are we willing to do for family, and what are we willing to do to feel at home?\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Cooke’s sharp imagination grows the more you read this novel, which by turns, brims with careful, sensitive storytelling. This debut promises, delivers, and delights.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eCanisia Lubrin, author of \u003cem\u003eCode Noir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Canisia Lubrin, author of Code Noir","OtherText_Accolades_1":"\u003cp\u003e\"Through prose that leaps off the page and burrows under your skin, Christina Cooke renders a Jamaica that is lush, sensuous, and brimming with hope and joy. A heartrending exploration of grief, loss, identity, and desire—of family and all the ways the ones you love can hurt and heal you—\u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e is a marvel.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eJasmine Sealy, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Island of Forgetting\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Jasmine Sealy, author of The Island of Forgetting","OtherText_Accolades_2":"\u003cp\u003e\"Cooke's prose is vivid, propulsive, and visceral.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eAngie Cruz, author of \u003cem\u003eHow Not to Drown in a Glass of Water\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_2_Auth":"Angie Cruz, author of How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water","OtherText_Accolades_3":"\u003cp\u003e\"What a brilliant novel \u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e is, with its crackling dialogue and vivid descriptions of the sights, sounds, and smells of Kingston—don’t read it when you’re hungry! I longed for nothing more than for Akúa, the passionate, opinionated heroine, to safely navigate the vicissitudes of loss and sisterhood. A stunning debut.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eMargot Livesey, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Boy in the Field\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_3_Auth":"Emily Raboteau, author of Searching for Zion","OtherText_Accolades_4":"\u003cp\u003e\"Christina Cooke’s \u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e is a searing, touching, and often funny meditation on family fault lines drawn by migration, homophobia, cultural difference, and sibling order, from a talented new writer among us.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eEmily Raboteau, author of \u003cem\u003eSearching for Zion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_4_Auth":"Dawnie Walton, author of The Final Revival of Opal \u0026 Nev","OtherText_Accolades_5":"\u003cp\u003e\"Peppered with music, sensuality, and unflinching emotion, \u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e completely immersed me in Akúa’s fraught homecoming journey through the heat and the heart of Kingston. Christina Cooke poses thrillingly nuanced, provocative questions about what it means to feel at home, what we owe to our families, and how to guard the boundaries of the self while navigating it all. A gorgeous debut!\" — \u003cstrong\u003eDawnie Walton, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Final Revival of Opal \u0026 Nev\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_5_Auth":"Stacey D'Erasmo, author of The Complicities","OtherText_Accolades_6":"\u003cp\u003e\"A luminous tale of a latter-day Antigone who navigates grief, love, death, sex, violence, language, queerness, race, and three countries with courage, joy, and a tender heart.\u003cem\u003e Broughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e is an instant classic and Christina Cooke brings beauty and truth to every page.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eStacey D'Erasmo, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Complicities\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_6_Auth":"Margot Livesey, author of The Boy in the Field","OtherText_Accolades_7":"\u003cp\u003e\"Christina Cooke’s \u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e is a fiery debut novel that breaks new ground. It recounts the coming of age of an Afro-Caribbean lesbian who travels home to Jamaica from Canada seeking solace and finds her sense of self threatened by the triple undertow of grief, alienation, and homophobia.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eNaomi Jackson, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Star Side of Bird Hill\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_7_Auth":"Naomi Jackson, author of The Star Side of Bird Hill","OtherText_Accolades_8":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Broughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e is a tale that spans the hemisphere, from Jamaica to Texas to British Columbia. It also spans the evocative and intricate lengths of kinship and relationship. Christina Cooke weaves a tale of personal revelation and desire, spun from a language that is agile, vibrant, and expert in its registers.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eWayde Compton, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Outer Harbour \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Road: A Fable of Migration\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_8_Auth":"Wayde Compton, author of The Outer Harbour and The Blue Road: A Fable of Migration","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eChristina Cooke is one of the winners of this year’s Writers’ Trust McClelland \u0026 Stewart Journey Prize. She holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of New Brunswick and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Born in Jamaica, Christina is now a Canadian citizen who lives and writes in New York City.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis is a co-publication with prestigious US independent press Catapult.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis beautifully written novel features a Black queer protagonist returning home in an attempt to answer questions about family, identity, love, and belonging.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eChristina Cooke is one of the winners of this year’s Writers’ Trust McClelland \u0026 Stewart Journey Prize. She holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of New Brunswick and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Born in Jamaica, Christina is now a Canadian citizen who lives and writes in New York City.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis is a co-publication with prestigious US independent press Catapult.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis beautifully written novel features a Black queer protagonist returning home in an attempt to answer questions about family, identity, love, and belonging.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“Cooke’s vibrant debut novel is a queer coming-of-age story and a chronicle of diasporic rediscovery.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Kirkus","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“The idea of ‘going home’ is, for many members of the LGBTQ+ community, a complicated one...Cooke’s narration, at once poetic and conversational, lends Akúa’s story a sense of urgency and resonance.” —\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_10":"\u003cp\u003e\"Christina Cooke’s \u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e follows in the tradition of novels that invite readers to step over the threshold and insist on fully realised selfhood in the personal space one occupies: an engaging and rewarding debut.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Temz Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_11":"\u003cp\u003e\"Cooke’s lush prose is poetic, but clear and restrained enough to maintain the momentum of the main plot, which moves along at a refreshingly brisk pace … For all its emotional weight, \u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy \u003c\/em\u003erefuses to settle for easy answers.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlenitude\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_12":"\u003cp\u003e\"Cooke is excellent at showing the contrast between what gets said out loud, and the interior, unvoiced subtext … This novel is full of feelings.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBritish Columbia Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Publishers Weekly","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“This is a deft debut overflowing with emotion.” —\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eElle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e\"Cooke makes an assured debut … [She] successfully evokes the temerity and rebellious intelligence of Françoise Sagan’s \u003cem\u003eBonjour Tristesse.\" — \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Broughtupsy … \u003c\/em\u003eweaves effortlessly between present and past, showing—often at a single glance—historic events and their effect in the present. It’s a dizzying, compelling effect, and one which Cooke achieves with a deceptive ease … A powerful account of an attempt to find a place, both in the physical world, and deep within the self.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e\"The story builds to a fierce, then sweetly redemptive, climax. The voice of innocence, the violence, and the sibling dynamics of Cooke’s debut recall Justin Torres’ \u003cem\u003eWe the Animals \u003c\/em\u003e(2011), also a queer coming-of-age story—but this blend of those elements is as unique as a thumbprint. Vivid, emotionally intense, and unafraid of the dark.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e\"A moving coming-of-age story.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003e“This debut novel delivers an atmospheric story . . . If your favorite movie is Moonlight and\/or you’re a Justin Torres stan, \u003cem\u003eBroughtups\u003c\/em\u003ey will wound and delight.”\u003cstrong\u003e —\u003cem\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_8":"\u003cp\u003e\"Descriptive and Imaginative debut … \u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e considers the demands of family, identity, and culture, as well as the complex nature of belonging.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiterary Review of Canada\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_9":"\u003cp\u003e“The experience of reading \u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e is one of being dispersed, disbanded, maybe even unraveled. And then reconstituted, over and over. Some upbringings are like that. Some homecomings are a chance to disrupt the cycle.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrism International\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong \u003e\u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e gives intersectionality a face, name, and head full of braids in this brilliant exploration of family, migration, queerness, and love.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","PrizeCodeText_0":"Short-listed","PrizeCode_0":"04","PrizeName_0":"2025 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Fiction","PrizeYear_0":"2025","ProductFormDescription":"epub","PublicationDate":"2024-01-23","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong \u003e\u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e gives intersectionality a face, name, and head full of braids in this brilliant exploration of family, migration, queerness, and love.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","Subtitle":"A Novel","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}