Lucky girl by Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu

Lucky girl follows the story of Soila, a young Kenyan woman who left her country to see New York. Raised by her stern, conservative mother and a chorus of aunts, she has lived a protected life in Nairobi. Soila is headstrong and outspoken, and she fights against her mother's strict rules. After a assault by a trusted family friend, she flees to New York for college, vowing never to return home. Her beliefs about race, love, and family will be challenged.☀️🫯

Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu was born and raised in Nairobi and moved to the United States to attend college in 1998. Her fictional work has been published in Yale Review and Adda and she has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. She currently lives in Cape Town, South Africa. Lucky Girl is her debut novel.🌺