14 Must-Read New Releases — All by Women of Color

The titular character in Nicole Dennis-Benn's Patsy is a Jamaican immigrant who gets a visa to go to Brooklyn, leaving behind her devout mother and daughter, Tru, and reuniting with her love Cicely. The novel touches upon the issues at the juncture of immigration and womanhood as we see the inner turmoils that Tru and Patsy must battle across seas and continents.

Release date: June 4