Lola Akinmade Akerstrom
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Publication Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Can a career woman truly have it all? Powerful marketing executive Kemi Adeyemi has finally found the man she needs, but Tobias Wikström thinks she's the most selfish woman he has ever met for asking him to give up his life in Sweden and move to the US for her own comfort. Will Kemi be forced to stay if she wants to keep him while chipping away at her hard-earned career? As things begin to sour and challenge her relationship with Tobias, someone...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Publication Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A timely and arresting debut for anyone looking for insight into what it means to be a Black woman in the world. 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...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
This novel is told across two time periods and centers on the intertwined lives of a mother and daughter. In the late 1970s, a young woman leaves West Africa to study in Sweden, where she forms a close relationship that profoundly shapes her future. Decades later, her daughter, a former pop singer navigating questions of identity and family history, confronts revelations about her past that challenge long-held assumptions. Set primarily in Sweden,...