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The Resource In every mirror she's Black : a novel, Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

In every mirror she's Black : a novel, Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

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Summary
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 Somali 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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
408 pages
Note
  • This item was generously purchased by the Friends of the Thunder Bay Public Library. 39341022226255
  • Includes author's note, reading group guide, and conversation with the author
Isbn
9781728240381
Instance
Label
In every mirror she's Black : a novel
Title
In every mirror she's Black
Title remainder
a novel
Statement of responsibility
Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström
Title variation
In every mirror she is Black
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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 Somali 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
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Akinmade-Akerström, Lola
Index
no index present
Literary form
fiction
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  • Women, Black
  • Women, Black
  • Stockholm (Sweden)
Target audience
adult
Label
In every mirror she's Black : a novel, Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström
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Publication
Copyright
Note
  • This item was generously purchased by the Friends of the Thunder Bay Public Library. 39341022226255
  • Includes author's note, reading group guide, and conversation with the author
Control code
on1204137740
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
408 pages
Isbn
9781728240381
Lccn
2020053738
Label
In every mirror she's Black : a novel, Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • This item was generously purchased by the Friends of the Thunder Bay Public Library. 39341022226255
  • Includes author's note, reading group guide, and conversation with the author
Control code
on1204137740
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
408 pages
Isbn
9781728240381
Lccn
2020053738

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