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Join us in celebrating bestselling author Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström as she discusses her new book Bitter Honey with Lauren Francis-Sharma!
MahoganyBooks and the DC Public Library, in partnership with the DC Public Library Foundation, are excited to award winning travel journalist and author Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström for the debut of her latest fiction novel Bitter Honey. For fans of Lola's bestselling books In Every Mirror She's Black & Everything Is Not Enough, this book delves deep into the complicated relationships between mothers and daughters, and delivers a warm, heartfelt story of love, forgiveness, and women finding their voices. Grab ya sister, auntie or homegirl! You won't want to miss this amazing event!
Joined in conversation with Lola will be Lauren Francis-Sharma.
Spanning four decades and three continents, Bitter Honey is a story about a mother and daughter divided by long buried secrets, struggling to understand each other as they forge their own paths, from the internationally bestselling author of In Every Mirror She's Black.
1978: A scholarship draws Nancy from Gambia's warmth into Stockholm's frigid winter. When her friendship with charismatic scholar Lars blossoms into something more, she thinks she may have finally found her place. But there's more to Lars than his charming persona, and Nancy is about to discover the danger of being drawn into his world...
2006: Tina has had her taste of fame as Sweden's sweetheart pop princess, representing her country at Eurovision. But beneath her glittery façade, she's uncertain who she really is. Her mother, Nancy, seems desperate to keep the past under wraps, but will the unexpected appearance of Tina's father--a man she has long thought dead--help open the door to self-discovery?
Nancy just wants to protect her daughter from making the same mistakes she did, but Tina longs for the freedom to mess up, knowing her mother will always be there to support her. The two women love each other unconditionally, but can they learn to trust each other as well?
This poignant novel delves deep into the complicated relationships between mothers and daughters and delivers a warm, heartfelt story of love, forgiveness, and women finding their voices.
Nigerian-American Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström is an award-winning travel writer, speaker, photographer, and author of the international bestseller In Every Mirror She’s Black and Everything Is Not Enough. She is based in Stockholm.
Lauren Francis-Sharma is the author of Casualties of Truth and Book of the Little Axe, a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and the critically acclaimed novel ’Til the Well Runs Dry. She was a MacDowell fellow and is the Assistant Director of Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference at Middlebury College. She resides near Washington, DC, with her family.
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AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Author Talk |
