You follow these women over multiple years you see them struggle with their careers, their love lives. And all three are connected via a fourth character, Jonny von Lundin, a wealthy business owner. All three are Black women, who have or will be making their way to Sweden from someplace else. There are three protagonists in the novel: Brittany, a former model turned flight attendant Muna, a refugee originally from Somalia and Kemi, a Nigerian American marketing executive. What an absolute gift then, that in In Every Mirror She’s Black we don't lack for anything at all. Are they memorable and believable, can I hope and laugh with them, do they teach me something new? Of course, I'd like an interesting plot, realistic dialogue, beautiful sentences, but I'll forgive the lack of any of these for strong characters. My favorite novels always begin with the characters.
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