In Every Mirror She’s Black

A Novel

By: Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström

Narrated by: Rosemarie Akwafo, Sara Powell

A Go On Girl! Book Club Pick

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 US 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 US propels former model-turned-flight-attendant Brittany-Rae Johnson into a life of wealth, luxury, and privilege as the object of his unhealthy obsession.

And refugee Muna Saheed 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 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.

©2021 Lola Akinmade Akerstrom (P)2022 Tantor

deep book with lots of twists; narration not good

The story was intriguing. It moved slowly at first but came together well. The narration was difficult though. The American and Swedish accents were terrible and distracting. A southern Black woman from Atlanta does not sound like that at all. It would have been better with three different narrators for each point of view.

whoa!

Really great book. I would love a sequel. I want to know if the black women ever connect. I want to know more. I wished I could read on and on!

Amazing Characters

I need several more hours with these people, and q few more years of their lives.

the complexity of the characters

I liked the details and backgrounds into the main characters. This made them come to life.

Heartfelt and thought provoking

Three stories of complex women longing for true meaningful connection in life, work and love. Beautifully written, excellent narration.