A sexy, surprising, searing debut about love, loss, desire, and the many dimensions of Black womanhood.--Deesha Philyaw, 2020 National Book Award Finalist & award-winning author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies An arresting debut for anyone looking for insight into what it means to be a Black woman in the world. -- Imbolo Mbue, New York Times bestselling author of Behold the Dreamers. -- Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of bestselling novels Here Comes the Sun and Patsy In her debut novel, Lola Akinmade Akerstrom has given us a story that is at once enjoyable and disturbing as it explores the painful price millions of women around the world pay for walking around with Black skin.
In Every Mirror She\'s Black will stay with readers for a long time.
Lola writes with a contemporary flair, highlighting the layered subtleties of the Black woman\'s plight.
These characters will pull at your heartstrings. -- Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six and Malibu Rising In Every Mirror She\'s Black highlights the struggles of three women fighting to assimilate into a society that ignores their worth.
A book that will stick with you long after you\'ve turned the last page.
Lola Akinmade Åkerström offers a sharply written story with messy, deeply moving characters, raising brutal questions and steering clear of easy answers.
Praise for In Every Mirror She\'s Black : In Every Mirror She\'s Black is a wise and complicated exploration of the lives of three Black women in America and Sweden.
Told through the perspectives of each of the three women, In Every Mirror She\'s Black is a fast-paced, richly nuanced yet accessible contemporary novel that touches on important social issues of racism, classism, fetishization, and tokenism, and what it means to be a Black woman navigating a white-dominated society.
And refugee Muna Saheed, who lost her entire family, finds a job cleaning the toilets at Jonny\'s office as she works to establish her residency in Sweden and, more importantly, seeks connection and a place she can call home. propels former model-turned-flight-attendant Brittany-Rae Johnson into a life of wealth, luxury, and privilege--a life she\'s not sure she wants--as the object of his unhealthy obsession.
A chance meeting with Jonny in business class en route to the U.
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A killer at work but a failure in love, Kemi\'s move is a last-ditch effort to reclaim her social life. to Sweden by Jonny von Lundin, CEO of the nation\'s largest marketing firm, to help fix a PR fiasco involving a racially tone-deaf campaign.
Successful marketing executive Kemi Adeyemi is lured from the U.
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Three Black women are linked in unexpected ways to the same influential white man in Stockholm as they build their new lives in the most open society run by the most private people.
A sexy, surprising, searing debut about love, loss, desire, and the many dimensions of Black womanhood.--Deesha Philyaw, 2020 National Book Award Finalist & award-winning author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies An arresting debut for anyone looking for insight into what it means to be a Black woman in the world
