Marima Wanjiru

After a whirlwind online romance, a lonely British woman (Charlotte) comes to Kenya to track down her fiancé, only to find everything is a lie. Things take a turn for the worse when all her belongings are stolen. However, she is helped by a humble boda boda driver (Jabari), who gives her a place to stay in his crowded home in Kaloleni. As the two work together to find her fiancé and Charlotte bonds with his busy family, Jabari and Charolotte start to fall in love. But they've both been burnt before, so what makes this time different?

Anam, a professional mourner, takes on the task of guiding a wealthy family through a funeral ritual for its recently deceased patriarch but she soon discovers that the ritual may be just as much about her confronting her past encounter with death as it is about the family coming to terms with long-buried secrets.