Reviews

“A beautiful and rending look at family, loss, and grief, all while sharply dissecting time travel tropes and delivering a powerful message about memory, storytelling, and responsibility. It’s a story that hurts in the best of ways, confronting death and healing without losing its sense of humor or its impulse for rebellion.”
—Charles Payseur, author of The Burning Day and Other Stories

“& This is How to Stay Alive is a powerful manual for recovering from grief, exploring intergenerational trauma, and traveling through time. Kagunda’s prose is intense and relatable; you’ll feel like you’re jumping through time with these characters. The perfect read for anyone and everyone.”
—Eboni Dunbar, author of Stone and Steel

“Highly inventive and brilliantly crafted. Kagunda pushes the envelope in this exceptional novella, playing with time and form as she explores grief and the drama of the human condition.”
—Tendai Huchu, author of The Hairdresser of Harare

“Rich with the beauty and harshness of life.”
—Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of Friday Black

“Kagunda weaves an authentic yet otherworldly tale that reflects on the stages of grief and the lengths a young woman is willing to go for a chance to save a loved one.”
—Booklist