November 5: A Girl is a Body of Water by Jennifer Makumbi

November 5, Friday12pm New York | 5pm London | 7pm Kampala  Friendly guided discussion about A Girl is a Body of Water, organized with the help of a generous grant from UConn's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi will join us for the final half hour to chat with participants.   Click here to get a copy of your book in advance!  Published by Tin House Books Discussion hosted by Meg Arenberg About the bookIn her thirteenth year, Kirabo confronts a piercing question: who is my mother? Kirabo has been raised by women in the small Ugandan village of Nattetta—her grandmother, her best friend, and her many aunts—but the absence of her mother follows her like a shadow. Seeking answers from Nsuuta, the local witch, Kirabo learns about the woman who birthed her, who she discovers is alive but not ready to meet. Nsuuta also helps Kirabo understand the emergence of a mysterious second self, a headstrong and confusing force inside her—this, says Nsuut