"Makumbi is such an honest, truthful writer... I loved every single page." -- Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage

A Best Book of the Year at TIME; The Washington Post; O, the Oprah Magazine; BBC

Winner of the Jhalak Prize

In 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 Nsuuta, is a streak of the "first woman": an independent, original state that has been all but lost to women.

Kirabo's journey to reconcile these feelings, alongside her desire to reconnect with her mother and to honor her family's expectations, is rich in the folklore of Uganda and an arresting exploration of what it means to be a modern girl in a world that seems determined to silence women. Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi's A Girl is a Body of Water is an unforgettable, sweeping testament to the true and lasting connections between history, tradition, family, friends, and the promise of a different future.

• We started tracking this book on March 25, 2020.
• This book was $26.23 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 48 times in the past 1,793 days.
• The current price of this book is $14.10 last checked one hour ago.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is $1.99.
• The lowest price to date was FREE last reached on August 3, 2022.
• This book has been FREE one time since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $26.23 last reached on March 25, 2020.
• This book has been $26.23 one time since we started tracking it.

• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 527 Pages
• File Size: 16 KB