Candice Carty-Williams

An immersive look at how a young woman from a small village in 18th-century England became one of the UK's best-loved novelists.

Sibling rivalry never sounded so epic. Candice Carty-Williams's electrifying drama of family and fame, with an original soundtrack from the biggest names in black British music.

Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in south London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. After a messy breakup with her long-term boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places and begins to realize she has to face the past head-on before she can rebuild.