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People Person
The author of the "brazenly hilarious, tell-it-like-it-is first novel" (Oprah Daily) Queenie returns with another witty and insightful novel about the power of family-even when they seem like strangers.
If you could choose your family...you wouldn't choose the Penningtons.
Dimple Pennington knows of her half siblings, but she doesn't really know them. Five people who don't have anything in common except for faint memories of being driven through Brixton in their dad's gold jeep, and some pretty complex abandonment issues. Dimple has bigger things to think about.
She's thirty, and her life isn't really going anywhere. An aspiring lifestyle influencer with a terrible and wayward boyfriend, Dimple's life has shrunk to the size of a phone screen. And despite a small but loyal following, she's never felt more alone in her life. That is, until a dramatic event brings her half siblings Nikisha, Danny, Lizzie, and Prynce crashing back into her life. And when they're all forced to reconnect with Cyril Pennington, the absent father they never really knew, things get even more complicated.
From an author with "a flair for storytelling that appears effortlessly authentic" (Time), People Person is a vibrant and charming celebration of discovering family as an adult.
If you could choose your family...you wouldn't choose the Penningtons.
Dimple Pennington knows of her half siblings, but she doesn't really know them. Five people who don't have anything in common except for faint memories of being driven through Brixton in their dad's gold jeep, and some pretty complex abandonment issues. Dimple has bigger things to think about.
She's thirty, and her life isn't really going anywhere. An aspiring lifestyle influencer with a terrible and wayward boyfriend, Dimple's life has shrunk to the size of a phone screen. And despite a small but loyal following, she's never felt more alone in her life. That is, until a dramatic event brings her half siblings Nikisha, Danny, Lizzie, and Prynce crashing back into her life. And when they're all forced to reconnect with Cyril Pennington, the absent father they never really knew, things get even more complicated.
From an author with "a flair for storytelling that appears effortlessly authentic" (Time), People Person is a vibrant and charming celebration of discovering family as an adult.
Editorial Reviews
"A hilarious romp." -Oprah Quarterly
"A big-hearted story of a young woman coming to terms with her complicated London family from the author of the game-changing Queenie." -The Guardian
"A dark comedy, full of zinging dialogue, vivid characters and all the consolations and complications of family. A treat."
-Jesse Armstrong, creator of Succession
"A darkly comedic novel of family… As heartfelt as it is hilarious. Carty-Williams probes hard questions about race, microaggressions and abandonment within a larger, somehow softer story about what makes a family, what makes a friend and what happens when the two are one and the same." -Shelf Awareness
"...A big-hearted reminder that a messy family is still a family." -Time Magazine
"People Person is more than just the title of this phenomenal second novel. It's a statement of intent. It's a declaration that when Candice Carty-Williams writes, she captures the hearts and minds of readers everywhere." -Melissa Cummings-Quarry, Black Girls Book Club
"People Person is a triumph. I was so moved by this tender, often humorous, portrait of these five siblings, their burgeoning relationships and all their complexities. I loved every one of these beautifully rendered characters and I'm sure the world will too. I couldn't put it down." -Caleb Nelson, author of Open Water
"Wonderful. People Person is about 5 half-siblings (1 dad, 4 mothers) who, in response to a crisis, meet as adults and start shaping themselves into a family. It's a warm novel, funny and full of emotional intelligence. The tone is light-hearted, even comic at times, but underneath there's an undertow, a steady drumbeat reminding us of all the microaggressions black people experience on a daily basis - and that white people are mostly oblivious of. I cannot recommend it highly enough." -Marian Keyes
"People Person is fresh, funny and tender - Candice is the voice British fiction needs." -Pandora Sykes
"People Person is a portrait of a family that is as poignant as it is hilarious. It had me belly-laughing, then picking up my jaw from the floor, then nodding in delighted agreement. Candice is a writer who is not only revealing modern Britain with each of her novels;...
"A big-hearted story of a young woman coming to terms with her complicated London family from the author of the game-changing Queenie." -The Guardian
"A dark comedy, full of zinging dialogue, vivid characters and all the consolations and complications of family. A treat."
-Jesse Armstrong, creator of Succession
"A darkly comedic novel of family… As heartfelt as it is hilarious. Carty-Williams probes hard questions about race, microaggressions and abandonment within a larger, somehow softer story about what makes a family, what makes a friend and what happens when the two are one and the same." -Shelf Awareness
"...A big-hearted reminder that a messy family is still a family." -Time Magazine
"People Person is more than just the title of this phenomenal second novel. It's a statement of intent. It's a declaration that when Candice Carty-Williams writes, she captures the hearts and minds of readers everywhere." -Melissa Cummings-Quarry, Black Girls Book Club
"People Person is a triumph. I was so moved by this tender, often humorous, portrait of these five siblings, their burgeoning relationships and all their complexities. I loved every one of these beautifully rendered characters and I'm sure the world will too. I couldn't put it down." -Caleb Nelson, author of Open Water
"Wonderful. People Person is about 5 half-siblings (1 dad, 4 mothers) who, in response to a crisis, meet as adults and start shaping themselves into a family. It's a warm novel, funny and full of emotional intelligence. The tone is light-hearted, even comic at times, but underneath there's an undertow, a steady drumbeat reminding us of all the microaggressions black people experience on a daily basis - and that white people are mostly oblivious of. I cannot recommend it highly enough." -Marian Keyes
"People Person is fresh, funny and tender - Candice is the voice British fiction needs." -Pandora Sykes
"People Person is a portrait of a family that is as poignant as it is hilarious. It had me belly-laughing, then picking up my jaw from the floor, then nodding in delighted agreement. Candice is a writer who is not only revealing modern Britain with each of her novels;...
Readers Top Reviews
Miss LS
What felt like a lifetime of waiting…we finally have a second book. Although very different from Queenie, the writing style is so distinctive that yet again you are hooked before you know it. No spoilers, I think the book was amazing and I highly recommend it!
maureen hawthornJuli
Good easy read, funny in parts but at times mundane and a bit cringy, reading a bit like a soap opera plot. Overall I enjoyed it, but it isn’t going to be a book I rush to recommend to others and definitely not one I would reread.
