Everything is Not Enough

In Everything is Not Enough we return to the world of three women who, desperate for their lives to change, have been drawn to the same place: Sweden. But life continues to throw challenges their way, challenges that threaten to tear them down once and for all...

We return to the world of three women who, desperate for their lives to change, have been drawn to the same place: Sweden. But life continues to throw challenges their way, challenges that threaten to tear them down once and for all...

The brilliant second novel 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?

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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).

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PRAISE FOR IN EVERY MIRROR SHE'S BLACK:
'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. Lola 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 ofMaybe 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