BOOK EVENT: Bitter Honey with Lolá Ákínmádé & Nana-Ama Danquah

Wed Nov 05 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm UTC-08:00

Reparations Club | Los Angeles

Reparations Club
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BOOK EVENT: Bitter Honey with Lol\u00e1 \u00c1k\u00ednm\u00e1d\u00e9 & Nana-Ama Danquah
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Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Bitter Honey' with author Lolá Ákínmádé & moderator Nana-Ama Danquah.
About this Event

WHO & WHAT: Join Rep Club for a discussion on, a tender and unflinching novel, with author Lolá Ákínmádé & moderator Nana-Ama Danquah.

WHEN: Doors at 6:30pm, event promptly at 7pm.

WHERE: Reparations Club, 3054 S. Victoria Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90016


HOW:

TICKET w/ BOOK: This ticket guarantees a seat including a signed book available for pick up at the event.

FREE RSVP (No Book Included): This Free RSVP DOES NOT include a copy of the book and entry is based strictly on capacity at the door. Books may be available for purchase in-store.

SIGNED BOOK ONLY: Can't make it IRL but still want a signed copy? Order directly from our site!


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About the Book:

SPANNING FOUR DECADES AND THREE CONTINENTS, BITTER HONEY IS A STORY ABOUT A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER DIVIDED BY LONG BURIED SECRETS, STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER AS THEY FORGE THEIR OWN PATHS, FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF IN EVERY MIRROR SHE’S BLACK.


1978: A scholarship draws Nancy from Gambia’s warmth into Stockholm’s frigid 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 Sweden’s sweetheart pop princess, representing her country at Eurovision. But beneath her glittery façade, she’s uncertain who she really is. Her mother, Nancy, seems desperate to keep the past under wraps, but will the unexpected appearance of Tina’s father—a man she has long thought dead—help open the door to self-discovery?

Nancy just wants to protect her daughter from making the same mistakes she did, but Tina longs for the freedom to mess up, knowing her mother will always be there to support her. The two women love each other unconditionally, but can they learn to trust each other as well?

This poignant novel delves deep into the complicated relationships between mothers and daughters and delivers a warm, heartfelt story of love, forgiveness, and women finding their voices.


Nigerian-American LỌLÁ ÁKÍNMÁDÉ ÅKERSTRÖM is an award-winning travel writer, speaker, photographer, and author of the international bestseller In Every Mirror She’s Black and Everything Is Not Enough. She is based in Stockholm.


NANA-AMA DANQUAH is an author, editor, freelance journalist, ghostwriter, public speaker, actress, and teacher. Her groundbreaking memoir, Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman’s Journey Through Depression was hailed by the Washington Post as “A vividly textured flower of a memoir, one of the finest to come along in years.” A native of Ghana, Ms. Danquah is the editor of four anthologies: Becoming American: Personal Essays by First Generation Immigrant Women (Hyperion); Shaking the Tree: New Fiction and Memoir by Black Women (W.W. Norton & Co.); The Black Body (Seven Stories Press); and, Accra Noir, which is forthcoming from Akashic Press as part of their popular noir series.

Ms. Danquah is mother to writer/actress Korama Danquah. She divides her time between Ghana and Southern California.


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Reparations Club, 3054 South Victoria Avenue, Los Angeles, United States

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