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In Téa Mutonji’s disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions during a family wedding, a teenage girl looks for happiness inside a pack of cigarettes, a mother reconnects with her daughter through their shared interest in fish, and a young woman decides to shave her head in the waiting room of an abortion clinic. These punchy, sharply observed stories blur the lines between longing and choosing, exploring the narrator’s experience as an involuntary one.

'Mutonji writes sharply about the subtle ruptures endemic to formative friendships' RAVEN LEILANI 'Nuanced and fearless . . . Told with subtlety and verve' NUSSAIBAH YOUNIS 'Sexy, infuriating, and unbelievably fun . . . This is a writer who can read someone to filth in just one line' KATIE YEE...

"Téa Mutonji writes sharply about the subtle ruptures endemic to formative friendships." —Raven Leilani, bestselling author of Luster "Searing . . . an essential new voice in contemporary fiction." —#1 New York Times bestselling author Carley Fortune "Sexy, infuriating, and unbelievably fun...