New York Times: Set in Uganda, This Coming-of-Age Story Contains Universal Themes
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi | ‘Stories have such power you cannot imagine’
July 10, 2020
Washington Post: ‘A Girl Is a Body of Water’ is a poignant coming-of-age tale about women’s hard-won wisdom
September 26, 2020
Provided love in heartwarming excess by her family, Kirabo enjoys a happy rural childhood in the Ugandan village of Nattetta — yet she cannot shake her sense of longing for a mother she doesn’t know. Kirabo’s loneliness is further complicated by a new discovery; she possesses a rebellious “second self” that does “mad things” and flies out of her body in episodes of uncontrollable deviance…
