Bitter Honey

Two women. Four decades. A lifetime of secrets.
1978: A scholarship draws Nancy from Gambia's warmth into Sweden's winter. When her friendship with charismatic scholar Lars blossoms into something more, she thinks she may have finally found her place. But there's 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 nation's Eurovision pop princess. But beneath her glittery façade, 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.

One of Condé Nast Traveler's 'Most Powerful Women in Travel', Lolá Ákínmádé 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 She's 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).