A Girl is A Body of Water (Signed First U.S. Edition) (Indiespensable No. 88)

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

ISBN 10: 1951142047 / ISBN 13: 9781951142049

Published by Tin House Books, Portland, 2020

About this Item

First printing of the first U.S. edition. A very fine (as-new) copy in a very fine (as-new) jacket. A clean, tight copy in an unclipped jacket. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. This copy has been SIGNED by Makumbi on publisher's tipped-in page (as pictured), and comes with Indiespensable pamphlet and bookmark. Collections.

Seller Inventory # FLAHIVE-2954

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Girl is A Body of Water (Signed First U.S. Edition) (Indiespensable No. 88)
• Publisher: Tin House Books, Portland
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1951142047
• ISBN 13: 9781951142049
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed First Editions

About this title

Synopsis

“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.

About the Author

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi is a recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize and her first novel, Kintu, won the Kwani? Manuscript Project Prize in 2013 and was longlisted for the Etisalat Prize in 2014. Her story “Let’s Tell This Story Properly” was the global winner of the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Jennifer lives in Manchester, UK with her husband and son.