12 Books By British Women Of Colour To Look Out For In 2022

Lauren Rae thought she had it all sussed out. Leaving her awkward teenage years in the past, the future was hers for the taking. Why shouldn’t she have it all? Dream job, beautiful home, perfect man, great friends. But growing up a young Black woman in the early noughties wasn’t quite the dream Lauren had envisioned. Set to the soundtrack of the noughties, with Sex and the City on TV and Amy Winehouse on the radio, Lauren Rae’s frank, funny and sometimes heartbreaking, memoir will tug on the heartstrings and ring a few bells for anyone who’s questioned whether they’ll ever find success and happiness.

Released Jun. 1.

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