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    Queenie is Working on It: The most anticipated hot summer read for 2026 that everyone will be talking about

    Candice Carty-Williams

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    'I LAUGHED AND CRIED...I FLEW THROUGH EVERY PAGE!' - Jennie Godfrey

    'FIZZING WITH LIFE, FUN AND SENSUAL' - Diana Evans

    'A WELCOMED RETURN...ENOUGH GASPS TO LEAVE YOU BURSTING AT THE SEAMS' - Yomi ?ode

    How is it possible for one woman to hold it together when she's:

    Confronted with a racing biological clock when she doesn't even know if she wants kids.

    Trying to act normal when her heart is smashed into a million pieces.

    Ten times smarter than the people she's working for.

    Priced out of the housing market in the place she grew up.

    Stuck in a situationship when all she wants is the love of her life back . . .

    Bigger. Not better. Older. Not wiser. Queenie Jenkins is working on it.

    Award-winning author Candice Carty-Williams returns with a scalpel-sharp, poignant and hilarious new book that shines a dazzling light on the realities of modern womanhood.

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    Praise for Queenie is Working on It

    • Queenie's return is welcome and delightfully assured. Fizzing with life, fun and sensual energy, she is one of modern UK fiction's great heroines. - Diana EvansI cannot tell you how much I loved this second slice of Queenie's life. I laughed and cried, and was once again in awe of Candice Carty-Williams ability to depict a real, imperfect life in such a captivating way. I flew through every page, and my only request is that we get to check in again at some point in the future. - Jennie Godfrey, author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGSIn Queenie Is Working On It, Candice Carty-Williams reminds us of the power in community, friends, and family. We join an older Queenie Jenkins in all of her thoughts, process and indecisions. Her conflict, fight and absolutions. A welcomed return filled with enough gasps to leave you bursting at the seams! - Yomi ?ode

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    Candice Carty-Williams

    Candice Carty-Williams

    Candice Carty-Williams was born and raised in south London, by way of Jamaica. She is a novelist, showrunner, culture writer, and author of Book of the Year Award winning and Sunday Times bestselling Queenie, as well as the young adult novella Empress and Aniya, and the Sunday Times bestselling People Person. She adapted Queenie for Channel 4 and Hulu in 2024, and wrote and showran original drama, Champion, for Netflix and BBC One in 2023.

    In 2016, Candice created and launched the Guardian and 4th Estate 4thWrite Prize for underrepresented writers, the first inclusive initiative of its kind in book publishing. Candice is the ex Guardian Review books columnist, has interviewed and written for i-D, Vogue, The Face, the Sunday Times, BEAT Magazine, Black Ballad and many more publications.

    Queenie received global acclaim, and was described as vital, disarmingly honest and boldly political. It was adapted for Channel 4 and Hulu in 2024, and her original drama, Champion, aired on BBC One in the UK, and on Netflix globally, in 2023, receiving five stars across the board.

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