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You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi (Afterlight May 2022 Exclusive box)

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Featured book: You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

This is a single purchase of one of our past boxes and will not subscribe you to any of our subscription products.

As an artist is easing back into the dating scene after losing her husband five years ago, she’s given the chance of a lifetime – an all expenses paid trip to a tropical island, with a guy who seems perfect on paper, and will introduce her to a curator who wants to kick-start her career. However, once they arrive there’s someone else on her mind: the one person she really shouldn’t be falling in love with. Can she overcome her grief without forgetting her past, and find a way to be with the one she’s falling for? We loved this gorgeous story about finding yourself after loss, and the obstacles of chasing a second chance at love.

Our May Afterlight book is a hardback with sprayed edges and a digital signature! 

The book at a glance:

  • Queer standalone adult romance
  • F/M relationship between two Black, bisexual characters
  • Hardback with sprayed edges and a digital signature

Items included in the box:

  • Tropical cooler bag, designed by Janine Lecour
  • Equinox nail file, designed by Stacey McEvoy-Caunt

Photo: colbywilkens 

About the Author

Akwaeke Emezi is a writer and artist using storytelling to center queer indigenous Black realities and radical possibilities with the philosophy that re-indigenization is essential for liberation. Born and raised in Nigeria, Emezi's work spans literature, music, film, and visual art. They are based in liminal spaces.

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