Patsy Coming of Age loneliness and illness

loneliness and illness

and a place to call home

The two are kindred spirits

especially women

But despite their major role in desegregating the New York City hospital system--and their vital work in helping to find the cure for tuberculo­sis at Sea View--these nurses were completely erased from history

Patsy Coming of Age loneliness and illnessHeralded for writing "deeply memorable . . . women" (Jennifer Senior, New York Times), Nicole Dennis Benn introduces readers to an unforgettable heroine for our times: the eponymous Patsy, who leaves her young daughter behind in Jamaica to follow Cicely, her oldest friend, to New York. Beating with the pulse of a long withheld confession and peppered with lilting patois, Patsy gives voice to a woman who looks to America for the opportunity to love