Bitter Honey - Akerstrom, Lola Akinmade
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A scholarship to attend Stockholm University in 1978 as an exchange student draws Nancy from Gambia's warmth into Stockholm's winter. Settling in and navigating her new life becomes expedited when she meets the uber-worldly and charismatic Lars. Their budding friendship blossoms against a taboo backdrop Nancy must contend with as his muse. First, he's her much older anthropology professor. Secondly, he may not be who he claims to be. Ambitious Tina has tasted fame across Europe and the US as a pop icon in the early 2000s. But what lies beneath her glittery bubblegum-sweet façade? And how does…mehr

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A scholarship to attend Stockholm University in 1978 as an exchange student draws Nancy from Gambia's warmth into Stockholm's winter. Settling in and navigating her new life becomes expedited when she meets the uber-worldly and charismatic Lars. Their budding friendship blossoms against a taboo backdrop Nancy must contend with as his muse. First, he's her much older anthropology professor. Secondly, he may not be who he claims to be. Ambitious Tina has tasted fame across Europe and the US as a pop icon in the early 2000s. But what lies beneath her glittery bubblegum-sweet façade? And how does she get people to stop staring long enough to truly see her, hear her, and listen to her unspoken story? Growing up with her mother Nancy's detachment, will learning more about her mother's past help Tina understand why her looks are the very same thing fueling her mother's indifference? A novel spanning continents and decades, exploring mother-daughter relationships, resilience, and what it means fully wear your skin and carve your own space in this world.
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Nigerian-American and based in Sweden, L?lá Ákínmádé Åkerström is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, and award-winning photographer. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, BBC, CNN, The Guardian, Sunday Times Travel, The 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, bestselling LAGOM: Swedish Secret of Living Well, available in 18 foreign language editions; and internationally-acclaimed debut novel IN EVERY MIRROR SHE'S BLACK. She has been recognized with multiple awards for her work, including being named a 2022 Hasselblad Heroine and receiving the 2018 Travel Photographer of the Year Bill Muster Award. She was honoured with a MIPAD 100 (Most Influential People of African Descent) Award within media and culture in 2018 and in 2021 with a Newsweek Future of Travel Storytelling Award. She contributed to National Geographic's.
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Praise for Lolá Ákínmádé: 'A sharply written story with messy, deeply moving characters'