Elizabeth Weil

Praise for The Girl Who Smiled Beads

Extraordinary

The Guardian

Sharp, moving memoir . . . Wamariya tells her own story with feeling, in vivid prose. She has remade herself, as she explains was necessary to do, on her own terms

New York Times

Her introspection, honesty and humanity in sharing her story and exploring these questions are thoughtful and moving to read

Culture Fly

Extraordinary

The Guardian

Sharp, moving memoir . . . Wamariya tells her own story with feeling, in vivid prose. She has remade herself, as she explains was necessary to do, on her own terms

New York Times

Her introspection, honesty and humanity in sharing her story and exploring these questions are thoughtful and moving to read

Culture Fly

Extraordinary

The Guardian

Sharp, moving memoir . . . Wamariya tells her own story with feeling, in vivid prose. She has remade herself, as she explains was necessary to do, on her own terms

New York Times

Her introspection, honesty and humanity in sharing her story and exploring these questions are thoughtful and moving to read

Culture Fly