In Every Mirror She's Black - Lola Akinmade Akerstrom

In Every Mirror She's Black

Buch | Softcover
416 Seiten
2021
Apollo (Verlag)
978-1-80110-859-1 (ISBN)
18,65 inkl. MwSt
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The authentic and insightful story of Kemi, Brittany-Rae and Muna, three Black women and their everyday experiences living in Stockholm, a predominantly white city. Three Black women. Three everyday lives. There is no one way to be Black.
'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 Philyaw

Three 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...

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.

Erscheinungsdatum
Sprache englisch
Maße 135 x 216 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Romane / Erzählungen
ISBN-10 1-80110-859-5 / 1801108595
ISBN-13 978-1-80110-859-1 / 9781801108591
Zustand Neuware
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