In Every Mirror She's Black (häftad)
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Häftad (Trade Paper)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
432
Utgivningsdatum
2022-06-01
Förlag
Sourcebooks Landmark
Dimensioner
208 x 140 x 33 mm
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381 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781728253169

In Every Mirror She's Black

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A Good Morning America Buzz Pick!

As seen in Vulture, Essence, Good Morning America, The Independent, Goodreads, PureWow, and many more!

"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.

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.

Successful marketing executive Kemi Adeyemi is lured from the U.S. 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. A killer at work but a failure in love, Kemi's move is a last-ditch effort to reclaim her social life.

A chance meeting with Jonny in business class en route to the U.S. 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.

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.

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.

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. Lola Akinmade Åkerström offers 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."

--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. These characters will pull at your heartstrings. Lola writes with a contemporary flair, highlighting the layered subtleties of the Black woman's plight. In Every Mirror She's Black will stay with readers for a long time."

--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."

--Imbolo Mbue, New York Times bestselling author of Behold the Dreamers
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  1. En framtida klassiker 1
    Bokkramare, 25 juli 2024

    Bland det absolut bästa jag någonsin läst; omskakande, berörande, spännande, så fantastiskt bra skrivet att jag förundras, och med så brutal skärpa om den försåtliga, dolda rasism vi vita majoritetssvenskar utsätter människor för som kommer hit till Sverige.
    En bok jag kommer att återkomma till igen och igen.
    Läs även uppföljaren "Everything is not enough" som är, om möjligt, ännu bättre.
    Dessa böcker kommer att förändra ditt liv.

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