“Broughtupsy” is an enthralling debut novel about Akúa, a young, queer Jamaican woman who returns home to her native Kingston, grappling with her grief after the recent death of her younger brother and hoping to reconnect with her estranged older sister. Over the span of two fateful weeks, Akúa and her sister Tamika find out how different they are and how her years of living abroad have distanced Akúa from her home culture. Christina Cooke’s profoundly moving novel asks us: what do we truly owe our family, and what are we willing to do to savor the feeling of home? Meet the author and join our conversation on Microsoft Teams: https://queenslib.org/4cu6