Bitter Honey
(Paperback)
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Publishing Details
Bitter Honey
By (Author) Lola Akinmade Akerstrom
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Apollo
2nd September 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Family life fiction
Physical Properties
Paperback
448
Width 148mm, Height 229mm
Description
Two women. Four decades. A lifetime of secrets.
1978: A scholarship draws Nancy from Gambias warmth into Swedens winter. When her friendship with charismatic scholar Lars blossoms into something more, she thinks she may have finally found her place. But theres more to Lars than his charming persona, and Nancy is about to discover the danger of being drawn into his world
2006: Tina has had her taste of fame as the nations sweetheart pop princess. But beneath her glittery faade, Tina is desperate to discover who she really is. Her mother, Nancy, seems desperate to keep the past under wraps, but will an unexpected figure help open the door
Spanning four decades and three continents, Bitter Honey is a story of mothers, daughters, and the importance of carving your own path.
Reviews
Praise for Lol knmd:
'A sharply written story with messy, deeply moving characters'
I was captivated by the writing from page one... Powerful -- Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
knmd is a master at shading the gaps between power and love -- Chika Unigwe
A sexy, surprising, searing debut about love, loss, desire, and the many dimensions of Black womanhood. Timely and terrific! -- Deesha Philyaw
Author Bio
One of Cond Nast Traveler's 'Most Powerful Women in Travel', Lol knmd is an NAACP-nominated international bestselling author, keynote speaker and award-winning travel photographer. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, BBC, CNN, the Guardian, the Sunday Times, the New York Times, and Lonely Planet, amongst others. She is the author of award-winning non-fiction book Due North, international bestselling LAGOM: the Swedish Secret of Living Well, and highly acclaimed novels In Every Mirror Shes Black and Everything Is Not Enough. Her honours include Hasselblad Heroine, Travel Photographer of the Year Bill Muster Award, Newsweek Future of Travel Storytelling and MIPAD 100 (Most Influential People of African Descent).
