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This is what alignment looks like -> Stockholm Book Club Tour #StockholmBookTour
In partnership with XperienceSthlm and Afrosvenskarnas Riksorganisation (ASR), I am beyond thrilled to officially expand literary tourism in Sweden with the official launch of our Stockholm Book Tour Club #StockholmBookTour
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"Another wonderful yet intense novel by the author. So much pain in these characters’ lives, but a righteous ending. "
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"Oh Sweden....
I might visit but that's it! This book was so absorbing that I didn't know that my train had reached its destination, lol. The interweaving stories of three Black women in modern Sweden shows the decidedly mixed bag living in a country t" Read more of this review » |
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"Three women. One country. Countless mirrors. Åkerström reminds us that equality claimed isn’t always equality lived. In Sweden, three Black women search for belonging, each reflecting a different truth. Their separate struggles stand out even more be"
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"Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for an ARC.
This book is a dual timeline, flipping between the past with Nancy’s perspective and the present with Tina’s perspective, which allowed me to gain a deeper understanding of the characte" Read more of this review » |
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“The fiesta was really started. It kept up day and night for seven days. The dancing kept up, the drinking kept up, the noise went on. The things that happened could only have happened during a fiesta. Everything became quite unreal finally and it seemed as though nothing could have any consequences. It seemed out of place to think of consequences during the fiesta. All during the fiesta you had the feeling even when it was quiet, that you had to shout any remark to make it heard. It was the same feeling about any action. It was a fiesta and it went on for seven days.”
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“You’re only running around with Brown and Black women,” Ragnar hisses. “Doesn’t that seem odd to you?” “No,” Jonny says. “I like the way I feel around them.”
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“Privilege comes in levels, Brit,” he continued. "You have the privilege he has given you. But you will never have the privilege he has just because he breathes.”
― In Every Mirror She's Black
― In Every Mirror She's Black
“To anyone who has ever felt unappreciated, uninvited, or invisible… Your voice is more powerful than you think. You are allowed to exist without explanation. Never let the world convince you that your struggles are invalid.”
― In Every Mirror She's Black
― In Every Mirror She's Black
“He had no intention of making a purchase. He was one of those men who wanted to steal into the fridge at night to binge while everyone was asleep, only to return to their diets—their wives—come morning.”
― In Every Mirror She's Black
― In Every Mirror She's Black
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“Privilege comes in levels, Brit,” he continued. "You have the privilege he has given you. But you will never have the privilege he has just because he breathes.”
― In Every Mirror She's Black
― In Every Mirror She's Black
“In the future . . . if by some miracle you ever find yourself in the position to fall in love again . . . fall in love with me.”
― It Ends with Us
― It Ends with Us
“He had no intention of making a purchase. He was one of those men who wanted to steal into the fridge at night to binge while everyone was asleep, only to return to their diets—their wives—come morning.”
― In Every Mirror She's Black
― In Every Mirror She's Black
“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.”
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“But Beto was the real villain, and not the easily defeated kind who monologued while you reloaded a gun.”
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― The Art of Scandal
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