A girl is a body of water, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
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A girl is a body of water, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Language
eng
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
A girl is a body of water
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Oclc number
1198451255
Responsibility statement
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Summary
In her twelfth year, Kirabo, a young Ugandan girl, confronts a piercing question that has haunted her childhood: who is her mother? Kirabo has been raised by women in the small village of Nattetta, her grandmother, her best friend, and her many aunts, but the absence of her mother follows her like a shadow. Complicating these feelings of abandonment, as Kirabo comes of age she feels the emergence of a mysterious second self, a headstrong and confusing force inside her at odds with her sweet and obedient nature. Seeking answers, Kirabo begins spending afternoons with Nsuuta, a local witch, trading stories and learning not only about this force inside her, but about the woman who birthed her, who she learns is alive but not ready to meet. Nsuuta also explains that Kirabo has a streak of the 'first woman,' an independent, original state that has been all but lost to women
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