A sharply written story with messy, deeply moving characters, raising brutal questions and steering clear of easy answers. A book that will stick with you long after you've turned the last page

Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of Daisy Jones and the Six

These characters will pull at your heartstrings. L?lá writes with a contemporary flair, highlighting the layered subtleties of the Black woman's plight

Nicole Dennis-Benn, bestselling author of novels Here Comes the Sun and Patsy

A sexy, surprising, searing debut about love, loss, desire, and the many dimensions of Black womanhood. Timely and terrific!

Deesha Philyaw, award-winning author of The Secret Life of Church Ladies

This is a very different and unpredictable portrayal of Black women's search for love and self, and it's pure magic

Kim Golden, author of Maybe Baby

At once enjoyable and disturbing as it explores the painful price millions of women around the world pay for walking around with black skin

Imbolo Mbue, New York Times bestselling author of Behold the Dreamers

Captivating. Åkerström describes what it is to be an ambitious black woman in today's world. The story of Kemi, Muna and Brittany-Rae – black women hoping to start anew in a society that does not see them – is a story for these times, and their fate is a stark reminder that the seaweed isn't always greener in somebody else's lake

Chika Unigwe, author of On Black Sisters' Street