Lorraine

“In less than a year, he’d developed this carriage. She wasn’t sure if he’d been building his armor of activism the day his mom left him at ten years old or if he had to expedite its construction because Sweden hated sharp edges that stuck out.”
― Lola Akinmade Åkerström, In Every Mirror She's Black

“And yet, if Alphonse Decuir could have strolled through the town he’d once imagined, he would have been thrilled by the sight of his great- great- great- granddaughters. Twin girls, creamy skin, hazel eyes, wavy hair. He would have marveled at them. For the child to be a little more perfect than the parents. What could be more wonderful than that?”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

“The trauma she had endured often manifested itself as quiet tears once she was locked in her room, staring at her graveyard of photos.”
― Lola Akinmade Åkerström, In Every Mirror She's Black

“To Stella, leaving Mallard seemed as fantastical as flying to China.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half