EW cant help but agree that its a good choice.

Inour review, critic Leah Greenblatt writes, Dennis-Benn writes about the immigrant experience with abiding, bone-deep empathy.

Hager said Thursday she truly loves the book.

Dennis-Benn Nicole author photo CR: Jason Berger Patsy (2019) Author: Nicole Dennis-Benn CR: Liveright

Credit: Jason Berger; Liveright

Patsyis a book that will open a lot of minds, she added.

I think particularly now its critical that we open our minds to the way others live.

As EW has reported, being picked for Hagers book club is abig dealright now.

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NBC

The next month, Linda HolmesEvvie Drake Starts Overjumped from No.

15 on theNYTlist to No.

3 after Hager endorsed it.

Such a significant platform has the possibility to launchPatsyto similar popular success.

At the time of this writing, its the No.

12 book on Amazon; it was previously not in the top 100.