Book Launch: BROUGHTUPSY by Christina Cooke, in conversation with Dawnie Walton

Jamaican-born author Christina Cooke launches her debut novel Broughtupsy at Greenlight Bookstore! Cooke discusses her book at Greenlight with Dawnie Walton (author of The Final Revival of Opal & Nev), followed by a wine reception to celebrate the book’s launch. This event is FREE and open to the public.

ABOUT THE BOOK: Twenty-year-old Akúa flies from Canada to her native Jamaica to reconnect with her estranged sister, bringing her brother’s ashes in a small wooden box with the hope of reassembling her family. Wandering through Kingston, Akúa meets a brash stripper who shows her a different side of the city, and confronts the difficult reality of being gay in a deeply religious family, and what being a gay woman in Jamaica actually means. By turns diasporic family saga, bildungsroman, and terse sexual awakening, Broughtupsy is a profoundly moving debut novel that asks: what do we truly owe our family, and what are we willing to do to savor the feeling of home?