Format: Paperback / softback
'A sharply written story with messy, deeply moving characters' Taylor Jenkins Reid 'I was captivated by the writing from page one... Powerful' Lizzie Damilola Blackburn 'The story of Kemi, Muna and Brittany-Rae – Black women hoping to start anew in a society that does not see them – is a story for these times' Chika Unigwe 'A sexy, surprising, searing debut about love, loss, desire, and the many dimensions of Black womanhood. Timely and terrific!' Deesha PhilyawThree very different women are desperate for their lives to change. Though strangers, they are drawn to the same place: Stockholm, a city famed for its egalitarianism. But beneath the city's glittering surface lurk challenges old and new. Challenges that threaten to tear them down once and for all...
CONTRIBUTORS: Lola Akinmade Akerstrom
EAN: 9781801108607
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 0 g
HEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
DATE PUBLISHED: 2022-06-09
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GENRE: FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Dating, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Dysfunctional Families, FICTION / African American & Black / Women, TRAVEL / Europe / Nordic Countries / General
WIDTH: 129 cm
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Book Themes:
Stockholm, Relating to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) peoples, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Displacement, exile, migration
A sharply written story with messy, deeply moving characters, raising brutal questions and steering clear of easy answers. A book that will stick with you long after you've turned the last page, These characters will pull at your heartstrings. L?lá writes with a contemporary flair, highlighting the layered subtleties of the Black woman's plight, A sexy, surprising, searing debut about love, loss, desire, and the many dimensions of Black womanhood. Timely and terrific!, This is a very different and unpredictable portrayal of Black women's search for love and self, and it's pure magic, At once enjoyable and disturbing as it explores the painful price millions of women around the world pay for walking around with black skin
Nigerian-American and based in Sweden, L?lá Ákínmádé Åkerström is an award-winning author, speaker, and photographer. Her work has appeared in National Geographic Traveler, BBC, CNN, Guardian, Sunday Times Travel, Daily Telegraph, New York Times, Travel + Leisure, Slate, Travel Channel, Adventure Magazine, Lonely Planet, amongst others. In addition to contributing to several books, she is the author of the following books: 2018 Lowell Thomas Award winner for best travel book, Due North and bestselling LAGOM: Swedish Secret of Living Well, available in 18 foreign language editions. She has been recognized with multiple awards for her work, including 2018 Travel Photographer of the Year Bill Muster Award, and she was honoured with a MIPAD 100 (Most Influential People of African Descent) Award within media and culture in 2018. Her photography is represented by National Geographic Image Collection. Lola is also the editor of Slow Travel Stockholm, an online magazine dedicated to exploring Sweden's capital city in depth.
