This month, the Zeda Book Club is reading What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah, an electrifying collection that blurs the line between the real and the surreal, the intimate and the impossible.
A stunning collection of short stories from Caine-Prize shortlisted and Commonwealth Writer’s Prize winner Lesley Nneka Arimah, What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky has been described as a debut with all the imagination of Helen Oyeyemi’s The Icarus Girl and the toughness of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels.
Arimah’s stories are bold, imaginative, and deeply rooted in the complex emotional terrain of girlhood, motherhood, and womanhood. From a ghostly mother haunting an old photograph to a woman crafting a baby from human hair, to a grief worker absorbing pain for a fee, Arimah builds entire universes with a single sentence. Let’s read and reflect together on resilience, imagination, and the stories women carry.
Zeda Book Club is open to women to join. We café hop and read a new book every month. We meet on the first Sunday of each month in Nairobi. Join the group here. Happy reading!
