Queenie is such a complex character and I really felt for her struggles as much as I could because I can't speak fully to her experiences. 

She is a Jamaican British woman, working at a newspaper where she would love to write about the Black experience but the paper won't let her, and she gets dumped by her boyfriend of 3 years. This sets her off on a very destructive path.

This book deals with so much.... racism, creepy men who feel they can treat a woman in any way they want, unprotected sex and the consequences of it, stigma some have of going to therapy to help sort out life and so much more.