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Everything Is Not Enough

Audiobook
81 of 81 copies available
81 of 81 copies available
The brilliant second audiobook from the acclaimed author of In Every Mirror She's Black follows three women as they try to navigate life, love, prejudice and privilege in Stockholm.
Yasmiin cannot comprehend what the policeman is saying to her. Her friend in a coma? Attempted suicide? Discovering she's listed as next of kin, Yasmiin looks to her friend's past to try and understand her actions, uncovering fresh mysteries at every turn. All the while, her own life seems to be running off course.
Kemi seems to have it all: a high-powered job, a beautiful flat, a loving boyfriend. So why doesn't she feel more settled? Unsure whether its homesickness, heartsickness or sick-and-tired-of-the-same-old-sickness, she embarks on a destructive path to try and change things up.
Brittany-Rae doesn't remember the woman she was before she met her husband Jonny. She knows she was an ambitious, confident go-getter, but now she's faded into Jonny's domineering shadow. And as she unearths disturbing secrets about her husband, she's focused on only one thing: her daughter, Maya, and ensuring she is as far away from Jonny as possible.
The three women's lives begin to overlap in the most unexpected of circumstances. Is it possible that the answer to their problems - though it seems impossible - lie in one another's hands?
Praise for the author: 'A sharply written story with messy, deeply moving characters.' TAYLOR JENKINS REID
'There's energy in the writing from the first page. Åkerström doesn't draw you into the story, she pulls you in with force.' THE TIMES
'I was captivated by the writing from page one... Powerful.' LIZZIE DAMILOLA BLACKBURN
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 2, 2023
      Åkerström’s overheated sequel to In Every Mirror She’s Black offers more stories of Black immigrants dealing with race and class dynamics in Stockholm. Yasmiin, a Somalian who supported herself with sex work in Rome, moves to Sweden and marries entrepreneur Yagiz Celik. One day, the police question Yasmiin about Muna Sahhed, a younger acquaintance and fellow Somali immigrant who allegedly attacked a man before jumping in front of a train and ending up in a coma. Yasmiin assumes Muna acted in self-defense and vows to care for her when she wakes up. Meanwhile, Brittany, a Black American woman and former flight attendant, hopes to divorce Jonny von Ludin, the golden son of one of the richest families in the country. She’s convinced that Jonny only married her because she’s the spitting image of his high-school love Maya Daniels, and she fears his racist family may have had something to do with Maya’s long-ago disappearance. A third story line involves Brittany’s frenemy Kemi, also from the U.S., who’s having an affair with married colleague Ragnar Pettersen, Jonny’s best friend at the company where he is CEO. Unfortunately, the author’s exploration of the problems of racial fetishism is muddled by the convoluted plot. Readers will be left at a loss.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The much-anticipated sequel to IN EVERY MIRROR SHE'S BLACK, this audiobook is a compelling listen that begins where the previous book ended. The story is told from the perspectives of Brittany-Rae von Lundin, voiced by Mela Lee, and Kemi Adeyemi, voiced by Dele Ogundiran. The two Black women live in Sweden, having moved there from the U.S. Palmira Koukkari Mbenga voices Yasmiin, a refugee from Somalia. All three are trying to reconcile their pasts; despite their individual challenges, the common theme of being immigrants in an unwelcoming place creates links. The women aren't friends, but they are connected. All three narrators create authentic-sounding characters and infuse their stories with a mix of sadness, anger, hope, and confidence. K.S.M. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine

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