"Examines the cultural interior of a woman coming of age. Kadija Sesay pulls us into Europe without forgetting Africa. There are many sides to blackness and one size doesn't fit all. Sesay's words are capable of creating a home. Place this book next to what you are eating. There is no longer a reason to be hungry. Because of Kadija we can finally say grace." --E. Ethelbert Miller, director, African American Resource Center, Howard University

"This is marvelous verse. Why did she spend so much time doing other irrelevant things instead of writing poetry? I must get back to these poems--they are so meaningful! Go on, give us another volume!" --Jack Mapanje, author, The Beasts of Nalunga

"Witty and energetic, Kadija Sesay's poems come alive with the pulsating rhythms and smells of childhood and the clear, scalpel-like reflections of the adult complexities faced by a sensitive and keen-eyed woman in multicultural Britain." --Syl Cheney-Coker, award-winning author, The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar