Book Reading With Lola Akinmade
Join us for a captivating book reading and conversation with award-winning author, speaker, and photographer Lola Akinmade Åkerström, as she discusses her latest novel, Bitter Honey.
About the Book:
Two women. Four decades. A lifetime of secrets.
1978: A scholarship takes Nancy from the warmth of The Gambia to the chill of Sweden. When her friendship with charismatic scholar Lars deepens into something more, she believes she’s finally found her place. But beneath Lars’s charm lies a darkness that will change her life forever.
2006: Once a Eurovision pop princess, Tina now grapples with identity and purpose. Her mother, Nancy, is determined to keep old wounds buried—but an unexpected encounter threatens to bring everything to light.
Spanning four decades and three continents, Bitter Honey is a powerful story about mothers and daughters, love and loss, and the courage it takes to define your own path.