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[Ákínmádé] pulls no punches' Taylor Jenkins Reid 'The queen of messy characters!' Onyi Nwabineli Bitter Honey is an urgent call for empathy, grace and understanding' Glamour Ákínmádé is a master at shading the gaps between power and love' Chika Unigwe Two women. Four decades. A lifetime of secrets. 1978: A scholarship draws Nancy from Gambia’s warmth into Sweden’s winter. When...

[Ákínmádé] pulls no punches' Taylor Jenkins Reid 'The queen of messy characters!' Onyi Nwabineli Bitter Honey is an urgent call for empathy, grace and understanding' Glamour 'Ákínmádé is a master at shading the gaps between power and love' Chika Unigwe Two women. Four decades. A lifetime of secrets. 1978: A scholarship draws Nancy from Gambia’s warmth into Sweden’s winter. When...

Praise for Lolá Ákínmádé ‘Lolá Ákínmádé crafts sharply written and deeply moving characters, raising brutal questions and steering clear of easy answers.’ Taylor Jenkins Reid 'The queen of messy characters!' Onyi Nwabineli Bitter Honey is an urgent call for empathy, grace, and understanding. Glamour 'Ákínmádé is a master at shading the gaps between power and love.' Chika Unigwe 'Bitter Honey...

In Every Mirror She's Black is a sharply written story with messy, deeply moving characters, as praised by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Lizzie Damilola Blackburn shares her admiration: "I was captivated by the writing from page one... Powerful." The story of Kemi, Muna, and Brittany-Rae—Black women hoping to start anew in a society that does not see them—is, according to Chika...

THE NAACP 'OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK' FINALIST The brilliant second novel from the acclaimed author of In Every Mirror She's Black follows three women as they try to navigate life, love, prejudice, and privilege in Stockholm. Yasmiin cannot comprehend what the policeman is saying to her. Her friend in a coma? Attempted suicide? Discovering she’s listed as next of kin, Yasmiin...